Retail · California
Northridge Fashion Center 491
Northridge, CA · ~385 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Northridge Fashion Center 491 runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 27
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Northridge Fashion Center 491's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.3 to the Retail BLS benchmark of 3.4 (155% 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
Northridge Fashion Center 491's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.4 industry benchmark.
Where Northridge Fashion Center 491 falls in its industry
2,383 Retail establishmentsSafer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #132 safest of 200 Retail employers in California.
Trend analysis for Northridge Fashion Center 491
Between 2016 and 2017, Northridge Fashion Center 491's Total Case Rate improved from 5.9 to 4.6 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 23% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2017, at a TCR of 4.6, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 5.9, a spread of 1.4 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Northridge Fashion Center 491 recorded 27 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 27 injuries shown on this page for Northridge Fashion Center 491 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 452111 - Retail.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2017)
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.
5 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 480,815 hours worked = 2.08 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Northridge Fashion Center 491 (this establishment) | 5.26 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Department stores (except discount department stores) industry avg | 3.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 452111 |
| 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 Northridge Fashion Center 491 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.
- 2017: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 16 reportable incidents · 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Northridge Fashion Center 491's reported OSHA injury record versus its Retail peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 155% of the Retail benchmark, Northridge Fashion Center 491 reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Retail 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.