Grocery stores · California
Food 4 Less - Salinas
Salinas, CA · ~65 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Food 4 Less - Salinas runs at 321% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.
Food 4 Less - Salinas: 10.9 TCR = 321% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Food 4 Less - Salinas safety composite
Food 4 Less - Salinas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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
−2.8
2016→2023
Food 4 Less - Salinas injury rate improved
Food 4 Less - Salinas's TCR fell 2.8 from 11.8 in 2016 to 9.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 17.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.8 · 2017=17.0 · 2018=14.3 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=13.3 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=9.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Salinas, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 321% of ind
- DART 9.0 DART
- RANK #3636/4686
- PHOTO Trader Joe's 0502 Ca…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~65 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0502 Cambridge (0.0 TCR gap)
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Food 4 Less - Salinas in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Food 4 Less - Salinas
10.9 TCR
- Trader Joe's 0
Trader Joe's 0502 Cambridge
10.9 TCR
- 6400-SWY-0005-
6400-SWY-0005-0005-01656
10.9 TCR
- 090-00404
090-00404
10.9 TCR
- WEB 31
WEB 31
10.9 TCR
What this shows Food 4 Less - Salinas averages 10.9 TCR (321% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).
Food 4 Less - Salinas TCR series: 2016=11.8 · 2017=17 · 2018=14.3 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=9 · 2021=13.3 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=9 · BLS 3.4
Where Food 4 Less - Salinas falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery stores establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3636 safest of 4686 Grocery stores employers in California.
Food 4 Less - Salinas has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.3 | 9.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.8 | 8.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Salinas
30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, 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 | Trader Joe's 0502 Cambridge | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6400-SWY-0005-0005-01656 | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 090-00404 | 10.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WEB 31 | 10.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SunnySlope Tree Farm, Inc. | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Crown Nursery | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | De Jager Farms, Inc. | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Demler Enterprises, LLC | 65 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing | 8,854 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing-California | 3,255 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital | 2,197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Healthcare System | 2,133 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Public Hospital District #4 King County (DBA Snoqualmie Valley Hospital) | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | United Brass Manufacturers - Forging Division | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FirstLight Power - CT | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Water Main Cleaning Company (Rocky Hill Division) | 10.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1991 - Morris Il Return Center | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TX | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USM Store #512 (United) | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Unit #0199 | 65 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.