Food Service · California

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400

National City, CA · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Service workplace, earning a grade D.

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400: 5.6 TCR = 187% of Food Service BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 safety composite

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−4.1

2017→2023

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 injury rate improved

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400's TCR fell 4.1 from 4.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.1 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=12.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722513 · National City, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 187% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #137/264
  • PHOTO 021 Canovanas
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 021 Canovanas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 averages 5.6 TCR (187% of the Food Service BLS benchmark).

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

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2018=5 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=12.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 falls in its industry

1,014 Food Service establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #137 safest of 264 Food Service employers in California.

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 (37 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sonic Drive-In National City #6400
Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 (37 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Sonic Drive-In National City #6400 has more employees than the Food Service median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 12.2 0.0 3 0 0
2021 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2019 9.7 9.7 2 0 0
2018 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722513 · CA · National City

1,014 Food Service employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 100 employers in National City, 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 021 Canovanas 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenmore #29 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taco Bell - #4521 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taco Bell - #19934 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KP Spraying LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN - 01 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kimberlina Shop 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paradise Valley Hospital 1,014 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA 789 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DSD3 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5023 489 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4150 METAIRIE, LA 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SNL Distribution Services Corp-Batesville 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 582 - Newport DF Logistics 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE SGS Retail - Umatilla 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville FL - Longleaf St 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bounty Bev 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boston 37 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.