Grocery Retail · California
NorthState - 38
Auburn, CA · ~54 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
NorthState - 38 runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery Retail workplace, earning a grade D.
NorthState - 38: 5.8 TCR = 170% of Grocery Retail BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
NorthState - 38 safety composite
NorthState - 38 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% 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
−3.7
2017→2023
NorthState - 38 injury rate improved
NorthState - 38's TCR fell 3.7 from 8.9 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=8.9 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=5.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 445110 · Auburn, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 170% of ind
- DART 5.2 DART
- RANK #1828/4686
- PHOTO Lowes Foods #185
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #185 (0.0 TCR gap)
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NorthState - 38 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
NorthState - 38
5.8 TCR
- Lowes Foods #1
Lowes Foods #185
5.8 TCR
- FOOD GIANT 403
FOOD GIANT 403
5.8 TCR
- 10466 Virginia
10466 Virginia Beach
5.8 TCR
- 10105 Torrance
10105 Torrance
5.8 TCR
What this shows NorthState - 38 averages 5.8 TCR (170% of the Grocery Retail BLS benchmark).
NorthState - 38 TCR series: 2017=8.9 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 3.4
Where NorthState - 38 falls in its industry
30,654 Grocery Retail establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1828 safest of 4686 Grocery Retail employers in California.
NorthState - 38 has fewer employees than the Grocery Retail median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
445110 · CA · Auburn
30,654 Grocery Retail employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 96 employers in Auburn, 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 | Lowes Foods #185 | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FOOD GIANT 403 | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 10466 Virginia Beach | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 10105 Torrance | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sea Mist Farms | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harold E. Robben, Jr. | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jose Maria Perez | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pauma Valley | 54 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 37 | 2,161 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sutter Valley Hospitals (30095) | 762 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Health and Human Services | 743 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital (110-4001) | 676 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Price Chopper #4 - PC04 | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Inman Healthcare | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Youngstown Area Jewish Federation | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Community Systems Inc. | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tousley Motorsports Inc | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | L3 Technologies - Pope | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Two Brothers Brewing Company | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of New London | 54 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.