Retail · California

Unit # 0494

Merced, CA · ~111 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Unit # 0494 runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail workplace, earning a grade D.

Unit # 0494: 6.8 TCR = 199% of Retail BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Unit # 0494 safety composite

Unit # 0494 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Unit # 0494: 4.9 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2017

Unit # 0494's TCR rose 3.7 from 4.9 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 199% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #151/182
  • PHOTO Montebello Town Cent…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Montebello Town Center 484 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Unit # 0494 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Unit # 0494 averages 6.8 TCR (199% of the Retail BLS benchmark).

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

Unit # 0494 TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=8.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Unit # 0494 falls in its industry

1,987 Retail establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #151 safest of 182 Retail employers in California.

Unit # 0494 (111 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 Unit # 0494
Unit # 0494 (111 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Unit # 0494 has more employees than the Retail median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2017 8.6 6.9 5 0 0
2016 4.9 3.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · CA · Merced

1,987 Retail employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, 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 Montebello Town Center 484 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #0194 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit # 2091 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit # 2834 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE CNTRL 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peterson Ranch 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE KLEEN HARVEST 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redding Cement 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030211 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030211-211001 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR 3105 Republic Services of South Carolina, Hilton Head 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Truman Valley Healthcare Inc 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR RAF Electronic Hardware 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hunt Valley (Mdhun) 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE SRC Logistics Inc. 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brewer Center for Health and Rehabilitation 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Golf and Country Club 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE 851 American Construction Metals 111 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: 2017, 2016. 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.