Grocery Store · California

Superior Grocers # 129

Los Angeles, CA · ~91 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Superior Grocers # 129 runs at 141% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade D.

Superior Grocers # 129: 4.8 TCR = 141% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Grocers # 129 safety composite

Superior Grocers # 129 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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 # 129: 1.2 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2019

Superior Grocers # 129's TCR rose 5.2 from 1.2 in 2017 to 6.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 141% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #1328/4686
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 020
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 020 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Superior Grocers # 129 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Superior Grocers # 129 averages 4.8 TCR (141% 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 # 129 TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=6.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Superior Grocers # 129 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 48% 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 #1328 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.

Superior Grocers # 129 (91 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 Superior Grocers # 129
Superior Grocers # 129 (91 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Superior Grocers # 129 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 6.5 3.9 5 0 0
2018 6.7 6.7 5 0 0
2017 1.2 1.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Los Angeles

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, 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 The Fresh Market 020 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lowes Foods #250 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR RPCS Inc. dba Country Mart # 71 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1072 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CDK Agriculture, Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belridge 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Micro Paradox 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE CFS, LP. 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. 50,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Los Angeles 40,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADWP 11,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 10,346 FTE
NAT-TCR Youngstown Sales 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tops 245 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 1062 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Midwest Para Transit 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0004 0065 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0016 2929 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0018 2528 91 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.