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
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.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.1
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 23
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center's OSHA Total Case Rate of 6.0 to the Canned nuts manufacturing BLS benchmark of 4.1 (145% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.1 industry benchmark.
Where Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center falls in its industry
157 Canned nuts manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 36 Canned nuts manufacturing employers in California.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 23 injuries shown on this page for Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311911 - Canned nuts manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
8 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 302,639 hours worked = 5.29 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center (this establishment) | 5.95 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing industry avg | 4.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311911 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 14 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center's reported OSHA injury record versus its Canned nuts manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 145% of the Canned nuts manufacturing benchmark, Fresh Creative Foods - Lionshead Distribution Center reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Canned nuts manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.