Warehouse clubs (i.e., food and general merchandise) · California

PriceSmart, Inc.

Name: PriceSmart, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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San Diego, CA · ~206 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

PriceSmart, Inc. runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Warehouse clubs (i.e., food and general merchandise) workplace, earning a grade A.

PriceSmart, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 46% of Warehouse clubs (i.e., food and general merchandise) BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PriceSmart, Inc. safety composite

PriceSmart, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

PriceSmart, Inc.: 1.0 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2018

PriceSmart, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.0 from 1.0 in 2017 to 2.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452910 · San Diego, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 46% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #2/360
PHOTO WM 4689
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~206 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WM 4689 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
WM 4689

1.6
WM 272

1.5
WM 466

1.5
WM 4322

1.5

What this shows PriceSmart, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (46% of the Warehouse clubs (i.e., food and general merchandise) BLS benchmark).

PriceSmart, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 3.4

Where PriceSmart, Inc. falls in its industry

8,658 Warehouse clubs (i.e., food an establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 360 Warehouse clubs (i.e., food an employers in California.

PriceSmart, Inc. (206 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 245 employees and a TCR of 5.3

PriceSmart, Inc. has fewer employees than the Warehouse clubs (i.e., food and general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2018	2.1	2.1	4	0	0
2017	1.0	1.0	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452910 · CA · San Diego

8,658 Warehouse clubs (i.e., food and general merchandise) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,979 employers in San Diego, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	WM 4689	CEDAR HILLS, UT	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WM 272	FRANKLIN, TN	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WM 466	BOLIVAR, TN	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WM 4322	CRETE, NE	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Wiebe Farms, Inc.	REEDLEY	206 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SunSelect Produce (California) Inc	TEHACHAPI	206 FTE
STATE-SIZE	agf management inc	BIOLA	206 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CHICO SERVICE CENTER	CHICO	206 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UC San Diego Health	San Diego	9,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Atomics	San Diego	8,108 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Health Human Services Agency	San Diego	6,080 FTE
CITY-NEAR	National University	San Diego	4,955 FTE
NAT-TCR	CD Specialty Contractors	Castle Rock, CO	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Columbus Museum of Art	Columbus, OH	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ultra Electronics Herley - Woburn	Woburn, MA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Atrium RIDC	Pittsburgh, PA	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Elkay Wood Products Company - Mifflinburg	Mifflinburg, PA	206 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Flexsteel Industries Incorporated	Starkville, MS	206 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Geisinger HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital	Danville, PA	206 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lincoln Elementary SD #27	Lincoln, IL	206 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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