Noodles, fried, manufacturing · California

Takara Ramen Inc.

Gardena, CA · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Takara Ramen Inc. runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Noodles, fried, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Takara Ramen Inc.: 1.5 TCR = 36% of Noodles, fried, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Takara Ramen Inc. safety composite

Takara Ramen Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−4.4

2022→2024

Takara Ramen Inc. injury rate improved

Takara Ramen Inc.'s TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311999 · Gardena, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/26
  • PHOTO Danisco St Joseph
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Danisco St Joseph (0.0 TCR gap)

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Takara Ramen Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Takara Ramen Inc. averages 1.5 TCR (36% of the Noodles, fried, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Takara Ramen Inc. TCR series: 2022=4.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.1

Where Takara Ramen Inc. falls in its industry

335 Noodles, fried, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 26 Noodles, fried, manufacturing employers in California.

Takara Ramen Inc. (25 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Takara Ramen Inc.
Takara Ramen Inc. (25 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Takara Ramen Inc. has fewer employees than the Noodles, fried, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.4 4.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311999 · CA · Gardena

335 Noodles, fried, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 223 employers in Gardena, 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 Danisco St Joseph 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Danisco USA, Inc 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CFS Egg Processing 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marx Brothers, Inc. 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conservation Farms Ranches 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM Ag Services, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm Shop 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dougherty Brothers 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 602 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-030 909 FTE
CITY-NEAR GARDENA HUB (CAGAR) 809 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAGAR - GARDENA HUB 794 FTE
NAT-TCR Continental Distributing - 154 Vance Street 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trulieve Venice 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Stanley Black & Decker 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Synergy Equipment Forest Park 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE RoadBuilders Machinery & Supply Co - Omaha 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edgewood Spring Creek Eagle 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Novi Annex 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Concept Molds, LLC 25 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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