General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers · California

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc.

Lemon Grove, CA · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. runs at 653% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc.: 14.4 TCR = 653% of General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. safety composite

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc.: 0.0 → 13.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 27.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2024

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 13.3 from 0.0 in 2019 to 13.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 27.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423990 · Lemon Grove, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 653% of ind

  • DART 13.3 DART
  • RANK #43/43
  • PHOTO Texas MTC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Texas MTC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. averages 14.4 TCR (653% of the General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. TCR series: 2019=0 · 2022=27.8 · 2023=16.4 · 2024=13.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. falls in its industry

322 General merchandise, durable g establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 43 General merchandise, durable g employers in California.

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. (23 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc.
Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. (23 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Smith Shade & Linoleum Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the General merchandise, durable goods, merc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 13.3 13.3 2 0 0
2023 16.4 16.4 3 0 0
2022 27.8 27.8 5 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423990 · CA · Lemon Grove

322 General merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 33 employers in Lemon Grove, 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 Texas MTC 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 090-NBH-HANOVER 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ALL TILE INC. / CARPET CUSHIONS & SUPPLIES BRANCH #142 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Butte 14.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE James Diedrich Farms 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-Fanucchi Farms,LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN2 - 04 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kyer Farms 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aztec Landscaping, Inc. 271 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bella Vista Health Center 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR EDCO Disposal 229 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lemon Grove Care and Rehabilitation 206 FTE
NAT-TCR 2130 - Topsham 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakeland Correctional Facility 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Merrill Steel 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Stepworks of Elizabethtown, Crowne Pointe 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1010 43 Liberty Drive - Admin 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simsbury, CT 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allegheny Petroleum Products Company - Ambridge 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Republic Diesel Truck Shop 23 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.