Grocery Store · California

Superior Grocers # 137

Palmdale, CA · ~98 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Superior Grocers # 137 runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery Store workplace, earning a grade B.

Superior Grocers # 137: 1.9 TCR = 57% of Grocery Store BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Grocers # 137 safety composite

Superior Grocers # 137 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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 # 137: 1.3 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2019

Superior Grocers # 137's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.3 in 2017 to 3.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Palmdale, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #249/4686
  • PHOTO Store #57
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store #57 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Superior Grocers # 137 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Superior Grocers # 137 averages 1.9 TCR (57% 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 # 137 TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=3.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Superior Grocers # 137 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery Store establishments

Safer than 91% 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 #249 safest of 4686 Grocery Store employers in California.

Superior Grocers # 137 (98 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 # 137
Superior Grocers # 137 (98 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Superior Grocers # 137 has fewer employees than the Grocery Store median and a lower 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 3.3 2.2 2 1 0
2018 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2017 1.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Palmdale

30,654 Grocery Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 135 employers in Palmdale, 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 #57 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Saver Foods #15 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 699 OSCEOLA 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MOM's Organic Market - Burlington 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coastal GVIC Ranches 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chapala Berry Farms 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ag-Wise Enterprises, Inc 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bains Orchards Inc. 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR NGAS-A502 5,323 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-06 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Palmdale Campus (1513) 3,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 612 2,127 FTE
NAT-TCR Mobile, Alabama Sawmill 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR PuraCap Caribe 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lubbock, Tx E - West Tx District 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeast Georgia Health System - Camden Campus 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0016 3206 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0026 0414 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palmetto Propane, Fuels, and Ice, Inc. 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3400 W Duncan Rd 98 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.