Commercial bakeries · California

Central Kitchen Brea

Brea, CA · ~118 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Kitchen Brea runs at 699% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Kitchen Brea: 23.1 TCR = 699% of Commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Kitchen Brea safety composite

Central Kitchen Brea scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 22.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−43.1

2021→2024

Central Kitchen Brea injury rate improved

Central Kitchen Brea's TCR fell 43.1 from 101.3 in 2021 to 58.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 101.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=101.3 · 2022=98.6 · 2023=23.1 · 2024=58.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311812 · Brea, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 23.1 · 699% of ind

  • DART 58.3 DART
  • RANK #138/139
  • PHOTO Lakeside Baking Comp…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 284 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lakeside Baking Company (0.1 TCR gap)

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Central Kitchen Brea in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Central Kitchen Brea averages 23.1 TCR (699% of the Commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Central Kitchen Brea TCR series: 2021=101.3 · 2022=98.6 · 2023=23.1 · 2024=58.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Kitchen Brea falls in its industry

1,014 Commercial bakeries establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #138 safest of 139 Commercial bakeries employers in California.

Central Kitchen Brea (118 employees, TCR 23.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 01,0002,0003,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Kitchen Brea
Central Kitchen Brea (118 employees, TCR 23.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Central Kitchen Brea has more employees than the Commercial bakeries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 58.3 58.3 39 0 0
2023 23.1 22.0 22 0 0
2022 98.6 25.1 114 4 0
2021 101.3 36.8 109 15 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311812 · CA · Brea

1,014 Commercial bakeries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 150 employers in Brea, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Lakeside Baking Company 22.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR UB Inc. dba United Bakery & Co 22.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMBASSADOR SERVICES, LLC @ FBC-OPELIKA 24.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Value Added Products 21.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prestige Farming inc 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cipponeri Orchards 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHC Facilities, Inc. dba The Plug DTLA 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plug Connection - Lodi 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Winpin 85C 1,570 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brea Distribution Center 1,350 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABS-0029-0028-06758 FAC-06758-BREA-CA 1,143 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 464 917 FTE
NAT-TCR Norwood Crossing 23.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Birdmont Health Care, LLC 23.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pelican Pointe Assisted Living & Memory Care 23.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodyear Az 23.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 1585 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Scotts Company - Lebanon 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tyler Sc&Trans 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd 118 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.