Grocery Store · California

Superior Grocers # 109

Santa Ana, CA · ~97 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Superior Grocers # 109 runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade F.

Superior Grocers # 109: 8.3 TCR = 243% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Grocers # 109 safety composite

Superior Grocers # 109 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Superior Grocers # 109: 5.4 → 9.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.7× in 2019

Superior Grocers # 109's TCR rose 3.8 from 5.4 in 2017 to 9.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 243% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #2899/4686
  • PHOTO SWY-0017-0017-00274 …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~97 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SWY-0017-0017-00274 FAC-00274-PRESCOTT-AZ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Superior Grocers # 109 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Superior Grocers # 109 averages 8.3 TCR (243% of the Grocery Store BLS benchmark).

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

Superior Grocers # 109 TCR series: 2017=5.4 · 2018=10.3 · 2019=9.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Superior Grocers # 109 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 18% 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 #2899 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.

Superior Grocers # 109 (97 employees, TCR 8.3) 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 Superior Grocers # 109
Superior Grocers # 109 (97 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Superior Grocers # 109 has fewer employees than the Grocery Store 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
2019 9.2 5.8 7 1 0
2018 10.3 10.3 9 0 0
2017 5.4 4.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Santa Ana

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 492 employers in Santa Ana, 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 SWY-0017-0017-00274 FAC-00274-PRESCOTT-AZ 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWY-0024-0024-03480 FAC-03480-STANWOOD-WA 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1355 Fre91 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 69030006-42 CARDENAS MARKETS 42 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grapeman Farms 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Varsity Packing, Inc 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Westland Floral Company Carpinteria, Inc. 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE LOS ANGELES RESERVOIR 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Think Together 2,496 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Santa Ana 1,472 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orange County/Los Angeles 1,072 FTE
CITY-NEAR 056937-SANTA ANA CA P&DC 920 FTE
NAT-TCR Tuff Shed Store 480 - Minneapolis - NTH 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 3339 Keystone 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Keystone Plant 23 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR River City Casino and Hotel 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0018 3414 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0018 3541 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0021 4272 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0026 0186 97 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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