Grocery stores · California

Grocery Outlet of Merced

Merced, CA · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Grocery Outlet of Merced runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Grocery Outlet of Merced: 4.6 TCR = 136% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grocery Outlet of Merced safety composite

Grocery Outlet of Merced scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−5.5

2020→2022

Grocery Outlet of Merced injury rate improved

Grocery Outlet of Merced's TCR fell 5.5 from 9.7 in 2020 to 4.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 136% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1248/4686
  • PHOTO FAREWAY STORES, INC.…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FAREWAY STORES, INC. 963 CEDAR RAPIDS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grocery Outlet of Merced in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Grocery Outlet of Merced averages 4.6 TCR (136% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Grocery Outlet of Merced TCR series: 2020=9.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Grocery Outlet of Merced falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 50% 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 #1248 safest of 4686 Grocery stores employers in California.

Grocery Outlet of Merced (35 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 Grocery Outlet of Merced
Grocery Outlet of Merced (35 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Grocery Outlet of Merced has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower 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
2022 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 9.7 9.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Merced

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, 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 FAREWAY STORES, INC. 963 CEDAR RAPIDS 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0894 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10624 Lancaster 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 021-00942 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION FABRICATION/CARPENTRY/PAINTING/ELECTRIC/PIPE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meek Ranches LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dresick Farms, Inc. - Farm 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolfsen Inc 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030211 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030211-211001 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR MOB-ODFL 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops #022 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Connections Elevator, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Meadowood Retirement Community 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lion Oil Transportation El Dorado, AR 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fenix LLC. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ac Iron 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victory Wine Group LLC- Houston 35 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.