Housewares stores · California

Palo Alto #403

Palo Alto, CA · ~54 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palo Alto #403 runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Housewares stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Palo Alto #403: 4.2 TCR = 124% of Housewares stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palo Alto #403 safety composite

Palo Alto #403 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−5.0

2016→2024

Palo Alto #403 injury rate improved

Palo Alto #403's TCR fell 5.0 from 5.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442299 · Palo Alto, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #77/297
  • PHOTO HG486
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HG486 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palo Alto #403 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palo Alto #403 averages 4.2 TCR (124% of the Housewares stores BLS benchmark).

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

Palo Alto #403 TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=4 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Palo Alto #403 falls in its industry

2,162 Housewares stores establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #77 safest of 297 Housewares stores employers in California.

Palo Alto #403 (54 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Palo Alto #403
Palo Alto #403 (54 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Palo Alto #403 has more employees than the Housewares stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2019 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2018 8.3 8.3 3 0 0
2017 8.4 8.4 3 0 0
2016 5.0 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442299 · CA · Palo Alto

2,162 Housewares stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 116 employers in Palo Alto, 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 HG486 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Sir Barton Way Lexington 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Milpitas Mills 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR HG231 4.2 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 Stanford Health Care 16,371 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Palo Alto-Deer Creek-Office 1,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR Varian, Palo Alto 1,396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-10110) 1,227 FTE
NAT-TCR US Ecology Indianapolis 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Standard Printing Company of Canton 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CMC Impact Metals Chicora 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Colantonio Inc 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wilkin Insulation Company 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Natick #211 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE King of Prussia #631 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE IHG Army Hotels - Fort Belvoir (Holiday Inn Express/Army Lodging 54 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.