Grocery stores · California

Vallarta Supermarkets #46

Santa Maria, CA · ~126 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Vallarta Supermarkets #46 runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Vallarta Supermarkets #46: 4.0 TCR = 117% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vallarta Supermarkets #46 safety composite

Vallarta Supermarkets #46 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 0% 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

−3.7

2018→2024

Vallarta Supermarkets #46 injury rate improved

Vallarta Supermarkets #46's TCR fell 3.7 from 8.3 in 2018 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.3 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 117% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #949/4686
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 133
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 133 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vallarta Supermarkets #46 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vallarta Supermarkets #46 averages 4.0 TCR (117% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Vallarta Supermarkets #46 TCR series: 2018=8.3 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=5.4 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Vallarta Supermarkets #46 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #949 safest of 4686 Grocery stores employers in California.

Vallarta Supermarkets #46 (126 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Vallarta Supermarkets #46
Vallarta Supermarkets #46 (126 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Vallarta Supermarkets #46 has more employees than the Grocery stores 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
2024 4.6 3.8 6 0 0
2023 5.4 3.1 7 0 0
2022 4.7 3.9 6 0 0
2021 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.1 0.0 1 0 1
2019 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2018 8.3 4.6 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Santa Maria

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, 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 133 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giant Eagle #0017 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KJ's Market #659 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grocery Outlet Beaverton 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blosser Ranch 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE T&A Onions - Salinas - Harvest 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anthony F Cubre Jr 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Shore Greenhouses, Inc. 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR Highwood USA LLC - North 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CA-VTA-CENTREVILLE 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Martin Drive 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR East Penn Distribution Alburtis 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bergelectric Corp. OR 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Specialty Bar Harbor - 3230 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Shale Denver Brick 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE WAI Global 126 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.