Canned nuts manufacturing · California

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center

Carlsbad, CA · ~142 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Canned nuts manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center: 6.0 TCR = 145% of Canned nuts manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center safety composite

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−1328.0

2019→2023

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center injury rate improved

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center's TCR fell 1328.0 from 1334.0 in 2019 to 6.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1334.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1334.0 · 2023=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311911 · Carlsbad, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 145% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #23/34
  • PHOTO Dakota Style
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dakota Style (0.1 TCR gap)

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Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center averages 6.0 TCR (145% of the Canned nuts manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center TCR series: 2019=1334 · 2023=6 · BLS 4.1

Where Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center falls in its industry

150 Canned nuts manufacturing establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 34 Canned nuts manufacturing employers in California.

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center (142 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center
Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center (142 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center has more employees than the Canned nuts manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 6.0 5.3 9 0 0
2019 1334.0 1334.0 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311911 · CA · Carlsbad

150 Canned nuts manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Carlsbad, 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 Dakota Style 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holland Nut Company 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barry Callebaut- PennNut 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Georgia Pecan Company 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Anatolio Munoz 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Capay Farms 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Firestorm Wildland Fire Suppression Inc. 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOLV, Inc 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thermo Fisher Scientific 2,234 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legoland California Resort 2,055 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bergelectric Corp. CA 1,520 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Sciences Solutions Group (LSG) Remote Employees 1,350 FTE
NAT-TCR USM Store #986 (ALBERTSONS MARKET) 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nettles Sausage, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MS&G 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Aldrich-APL, LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Edlen Electrical Exhibition Services- LV/CORP/MB 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE CC-CC-COLUMBIA 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Lion on the River and Roadway Inn 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Super Stop & Shop 0823 142 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: 2023, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.