Convenience food stores · California

Gelson's Markets #17

Name: Gelson's Markets #17 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Santa Barbara, CA · ~108 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gelson's Markets #17 runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Convenience food stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Gelson's Markets #17: 6.2 TCR = 183% of Convenience food stores BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gelson's Markets #17 safety composite

Gelson's Markets #17 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
DART rate: F 11.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Gelson's Markets #17: 7.0 → 66.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 66.8 TCR · DART/TCR 9.99× in 2022

Gelson's Markets #17's TCR rose 59.8 from 7.0 in 2017 to 66.8 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 9.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445120 · Santa Barbara, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 183% of ind

DART 62.1 DART
RANK #9/39
PHOTO WAWA SITE - 5277
BOOK 6y book
INJ 24 inj
SIZE ~108 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WAWA SITE - 5277 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Gelson's Markets #17 averages 6.2 TCR (183% of the Convenience food stores BLS benchmark).

Gelson's Markets #17 TCR series: 2017=7 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=66.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Gelson's Markets #17 falls in its industry

1,323 Convenience food stores establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 39 Convenience food stores employers in California.

Gelson's Markets #17 (108 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Gelson's Markets #17 has more employees than the Convenience food stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2022	66.8	62.1	5	52
2021	13.2	11.6	5	12
2020	6.8	6.8	1	8
2019	1.6	0.8	2	0
2018	2.5	2.5	3	0
2017	7.0	3.5	8	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445120 · CA · Santa Barbara

1,323 Convenience food stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 173 employers in Santa Barbara, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	WAWA SITE - 5277	LAKE WALES, FL	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WAWA SITE - 8634	MECHANICSVILLE, VA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WAWA SITE - 8086	NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WAWA SITE - 8107	CROYDON, PA	6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jazmine Ag Labor Services, Inc	MCFARLAND	108 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harris Farms Inc	COALINGA	108 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Superior Cattle Feeders, LLC	CALIPATRIA	108 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rainbow Farms	DENAIR	108 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	10,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital	Santa Barbara	3,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Big Green Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	674 FTE
NAT-TCR	350919-Brx-Hub Sta	Bronx, NY	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	364864-Marion Po	Marion, NC	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	450521-Bea-Burton Br	Beaufort, SC	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	476158-Nas-Green Hills Sta	Nashville, TN	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Maverick Ft Smith, AR	Ft Smith, AR	108 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Y Foods, Inc. North Adams	North Adams, MA	108 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4054-ABS-0030-0030-00047	Billings, MT	108 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4054-ABS-0017-0016-03931	Yuma, AZ	108 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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