Cold storage warehousing · California
Watsonville Distribution Center
Watsonville, CA · ~188 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.1
- Avg TCR
- 5.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Watsonville Distribution Center runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cold storage warehousing workplace, earning a grade D.
Watsonville Distribution Center: 7.1 TCR = 122% of Cold storage warehousing BLS 5.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Watsonville Distribution Center safety composite
Watsonville Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% 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
−0.8
2017→2024
Watsonville Distribution Center injury rate improved
Watsonville Distribution Center's TCR fell 0.8 from 7.2 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=7.2 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=12.8 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=6.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 493120 · Watsonville, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 7.1 · 122% of ind
- DART 5.7 DART
- RANK #98/125
- PHOTO SFO Dairy Lane
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 72 inj
- SIZE ~188 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SFO Dairy Lane (0.0 TCR gap)
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Watsonville Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Watsonville Distribution Center
7.1 TCR
- SFO Dairy Lane
SFO Dairy Lane
7.1 TCR
- Gorman
Gorman
7.1 TCR
- 1053 - FREDERI
1053 - FREDERICK MD (WET) DEPOT
7.1 TCR
- Logansport Dis
Logansport Distribution Center
7 TCR
What this shows Watsonville Distribution Center averages 7.1 TCR (122% of the Cold storage warehousing BLS benchmark).
Watsonville Distribution Center TCR series: 2017=7.2 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=12.8 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 5.8
Where Watsonville Distribution Center falls in its industry
1,039 Cold storage warehousing establishmentsSafer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #98 safest of 125 Cold storage warehousing employers in California.
Watsonville Distribution Center has more employees than the Cold storage warehousing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.8 | 2.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
493120 · CA · Watsonville
1,039 Cold storage warehousing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 111 employers in Watsonville, 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 | SFO Dairy Lane | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gorman | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1053 - FREDERICK MD (WET) DEPOT | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Logansport Distribution Center | 7.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Independent Ag Inc. | 188 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Silva Farms LLC | 188 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Agriculture | 188 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunrise Farm Labor, Inc. | 188 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Office | 2,439 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Premiere Raspberries, LLC | 680 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Watsonville Community Hospital | 632 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC | 550 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | St Joseph Plant | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Green Forest Plant | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sheriff's Office | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tennessee Pedigree Complex | 188 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mojave Electric | 188 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lombard | 188 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | M&M Distributing | 188 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.