Grocery stores · California

Costa Mesa 1

Costa Mesa, CA · ~121 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Costa Mesa 1 runs at 559% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Costa Mesa 1: 19.0 TCR = 559% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Costa Mesa 1 safety composite

Costa Mesa 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−23.0

2022→2024

Costa Mesa 1 injury rate improved

Costa Mesa 1's TCR fell 23.0 from 33.1 in 2022 to 10.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 33.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=33.1 · 2023=13.9 · 2024=10.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Costa Mesa, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 19.0 · 559% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK #4513/4686
  • PHOTO 6400-SWY-0027-0027-0…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00251 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Costa Mesa 1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Costa Mesa 1 averages 19.0 TCR (559% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Costa Mesa 1 TCR series: 2022=33.1 · 2023=13.9 · 2024=10 · BLS 3.4

Where Costa Mesa 1 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4513 safest of 4686 Grocery stores employers in California.

Costa Mesa 1 (121 employees, TCR 19.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Costa Mesa 1
Costa Mesa 1 (121 employees, TCR 19.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Costa Mesa 1 has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 10.0 10.0 5 4 0
2023 13.9 13.9 8 4 0
2022 33.1 33.1 14 16 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Costa Mesa

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 185 employers in Costa Mesa, 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 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00251 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trader Joe's 0740 Asheville 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trader Joe's 0216 Chino Hills 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Piggly Wiggly #193 19.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Naumann Ranch 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illume Agriculture, LLC 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Village Nurseries Miramar Yard 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Collier Road Complex 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR PACIFIC AMPHITHEATER 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR OC Fair & Event Center 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Costa Mesa 670 FTE
CITY-NEAR PACWEST Security Services 567 FTE
NAT-TCR Inspired Living Bonita Springs 19.0 TCR
NAT-TCR P O Fire District 19.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The McCoy Group Inc 19.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Warsaw Health & Rehab Center #54 19.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corcoran Glass & Paint inc. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henry Ford Professional Bldg 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wisco Industries, Inc. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon Retail LLC - MAF7 121 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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