Grocery stores · California

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet

Santa Cruz, CA · ~56 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet runs at 642% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet: 21.8 TCR = 642% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet safety composite

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−6.6

2018→2021

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet injury rate improved

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet's TCR fell 6.6 from 23.2 in 2018 to 16.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 30.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=23.2 · 2019=17.6 · 2020=30.1 · 2021=16.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Santa Cruz, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.8 · 642% of ind

  • DART 10.3 DART
  • RANK #4605/4686
  • PHOTO Store 1097
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 1097 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet averages 21.8 TCR (642% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet TCR series: 2018=23.2 · 2019=17.6 · 2020=30.1 · 2021=16.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4605 safest of 4686 Grocery stores employers in California.

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet (56 employees, TCR 21.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet
Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet (56 employees, TCR 21.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Santa Cruz Grocery Outlet has fewer employees than the Grocery stores 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
2021 16.5 10.3 7 1 0
2020 30.1 30.1 17 0 0
2019 17.6 17.6 9 0 0
2018 23.2 23.2 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Santa Cruz

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 133 employers in Santa Cruz, 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 Store 1097 21.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norco #123 21.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRE 81 21.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Food Processing Center 21.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wallace Brothers 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Sun Farms, Inc 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1624 Poole Blvd., Yuba City, CA 95993 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Copperhill 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Santa Cruz 8,081 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030253 1,732 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health Dominican Hospital 1,652 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030253-253001 DOMINICAN HOSPITAL SANTA CRUZ 1,464 FTE
NAT-TCR Alderwood Manor 21.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vermont Compost Company 21.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1097 21.8 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Hutchinson - Police 21.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE MDW-SPF 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cottonwood 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE BTD South Carolina LLC. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seal Master Corp. 56 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.