Grocery stores · California

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated

Middletown, CA · ~197 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated: 5.4 TCR = 158% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated safety composite

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated: 3.6 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2023

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated's TCR rose 1.6 from 3.6 in 2021 to 5.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Middletown, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 158% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #1589/4686
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 085
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~197 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 085 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walter R. Hardester Incorporated in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walter R. Hardester Incorporated averages 5.4 TCR (158% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated TCR series: 2021=3.6 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Walter R. Hardester Incorporated falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #1589 safest of 4686 Grocery stores employers in California.

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated (197 employees, TCR 5.4) 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 Walter R. Hardester Incorporated
Walter R. Hardester Incorporated (197 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Walter R. Hardester Incorporated has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher 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
2023 5.2 4.5 7 0 0
2022 7.2 7.2 11 0 0
2021 3.6 3.6 4 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Middletown

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 4 employers in Middletown, 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 085 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shop Rite of Watchung 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 108RIV 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Market on State, Inc. 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alfonso A Valencia 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Homebound CA + Remote 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hakes Sash & Door, Inc. 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE AAA COMPANIES 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Calpine Geysers 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR NCPA Geothermal Plant 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern California Power Agency 39 FTE
NAT-TCR Oshkosh 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Marbridge Foundation 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR St Hubert Catholic Community 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ORG Chem Group, LLC Hot Springs 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marglen Industries 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mountaineer 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE FoodState Inc. 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fluid Connectors : Grantsburg 197 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.