Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) · California

IKEA #162 Carson

Carson, CA · ~235 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IKEA #162 Carson runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) workplace, earning a grade C.

IKEA #162 Carson: 4.0 TCR = 118% of Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IKEA #162 Carson safety composite

IKEA #162 Carson scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

IKEA #162 Carson injury rate improved

IKEA #162 Carson's TCR fell 3.3 from 5.8 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442110 · Carson, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 118% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #72/216
  • PHOTO IKEA #379 Houston
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~235 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IKEA #379 Houston (0.0 TCR gap)

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IKEA #162 Carson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IKEA #162 Carson averages 4.0 TCR (118% of the Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS benchmark).

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

IKEA #162 Carson TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.4

Where IKEA #162 Carson falls in its industry

2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., househ establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #72 safest of 216 Furniture stores (e.g., househ employers in California.

IKEA #162 Carson (235 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate IKEA #162 Carson
IKEA #162 Carson (235 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0

IKEA #162 Carson has more employees than the Furniture stores (e.g., household, offic median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2024 2.5 2.5 3 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 4 0 0
2022 3.9 3.9 4 0 0
2021 3.8 3.8 5 0 0
2020 3.8 3.8 5 0 0
2019 5.8 5.8 10 0 0
2018 2.9 0.6 5 0 0
2017 4.7 4.1 8 0 0
2016 5.8 5.8 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442110 · CA · Carson

2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in Carson, 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 IKEA #379 Houston 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chi- South Loop, IL 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4535-0253 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4535-1129 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE AGR CONTRACTING 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Framing by Superior, Inc. 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCI Bay Area Interior (555) 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sensient Natural Ingredients, Livingston 235 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centric Parts (PEO) - Carson 1,190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Refinery Carson 1,083 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMPAM Parks Mechanical 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Carson 755 FTE
NAT-TCR KY - Carrollton 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CCI Homesite 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR IKEA #379 Houston 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Iconica 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kent, WA 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Asheboro Mill 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE DK 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE ERI Plainfield, IN 235 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.