Sauces (except tomato based) manufacturing · California

Wakou USA Hq

Santa Fe Springs, CA · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wakou USA Hq runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sauces (except tomato based) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Wakou USA Hq: 7.7 TCR = 188% of Sauces (except tomato based) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wakou USA Hq safety composite

Wakou USA Hq scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−6.5

2017→2024

Wakou USA Hq injury rate improved

Wakou USA Hq's TCR fell 6.5 from 6.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.5 · 2020=14.0 · 2022=10.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311941 · Santa Fe Springs, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 188% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/17
  • PHOTO ATX SPECIALTY FOODS
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ATX SPECIALTY FOODS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wakou USA Hq in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wakou USA Hq averages 7.7 TCR (188% of the Sauces (except tomato based) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Wakou USA Hq TCR series: 2017=6.5 · 2020=14 · 2022=10.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.1

Where Wakou USA Hq falls in its industry

134 Sauces (except tomato based) m establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 17 Sauces (except tomato based) m employers in California.

Wakou USA Hq (31 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wakou USA Hq
Wakou USA Hq (31 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Wakou USA Hq has fewer employees than the Sauces (except tomato based) manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2022 10.3 2.0 5 0 0
2020 14.0 5.6 2 3 0
2017 6.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311941 · CA · Santa Fe Springs

134 Sauces (except tomato based) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 310 employers in Santa Fe Springs, 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 ATX SPECIALTY FOODS 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4188_12737 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Foods International USA Inc Maryland 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richelieu Foods Grundy Center 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 423 3,217 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc. 1,217 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSI 1,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vans Distribution Center - SFS 757 FTE
NAT-TCR Eagles Trace 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Volvo Trucks NA New River Valley Plant 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Piedmont Newnan Hospital 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Tallahassee - 554R) 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Haviland Care Center 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Molten Metal Equipment Innovations LLC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prairie Construction Company 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE SpringHill Suites by Marriott Seattle Issaquah 31 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, 2022, 2020, 2017. 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.