State profile · OSHA ITA
California workplace safety
How 51,834 OSHA-reporting employers across California compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024.
- 51,834
- Employers
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 1,177,106
- Injuries
- 862
- Fatalities
The state picture
California's reporting employers average 6.2 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.3 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.
- 6.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 51,834
- employers reporting
- 1,177,106
- recordable injuries
- 862
- worker fatalities
State average reflects each state's industry mix. Sort the table below by each employer's own grade against its industry benchmark.
31% of California's reporting establishments earn an F and 13% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.
Where California ranks among states
54 states & territories by avg TCRCalifornia's average TCR of 6.2 is lower than 17% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.
How California Workplaces Compare
California hosts 51,834 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this California cohort, workers have logged 1,177,106 recordable injuries, producing a state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.2 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year during 2016–2024.
The state has recorded 862 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.
For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in California, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.
Employers in California, by injury rate
Page 234 of 1033| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Beach Hauling | Huntington Beach | Refuse collection services | F | 8.3 |
| Malaga Maintenance | Arvin | Vegetable sorting, grading, | D | 8.3 |
| 6962-Swy 0025 0989 | Vallejo | Supermarkets and Other Groce | F | 8.3 |
| 99 Ranch Market 36 | Corona | Supermarket | F | 8.3 |
| Saticoy Berry Farms, Inc. | Oxnard | Strawberry farming | D | 8.3 |
| Meridian Hub (Camda) | March Air Reserve Base | Courier Services Except by A | D | 8.3 |
| Trifecta Painting & Construction | Sherman Oaks | Painting (except roof) contr | F | 8.3 |
| Laird Manufacturing | Merced | Farm wagons manufacturing | F | 8.3 |
| Mercy Hospital of Folsom | Folsom | Hospitals, general medical a | C | 8.3 |
| 0206-02620401 | Richmond | General Medical and Surgical | C | 8.3 |
| Lactr General Conces | Los Angeles | - | F | 8.3 |
| 10322 | Tarzana | Senior Living | F | 8.3 |
| 02821551 Walnut Creek Hospital | Walnut Creek | General Medical and Surgical | C | 8.3 |
| 1187 Palm Desert | Palm Desert | Department Store | F | 8.3 |
| Little Frenchie | Coronado | Food Service | F | 8.3 |
| 1994 - Tracy Ca Return Center | Tracy | General Warehousing & Storag | D | 8.3 |
| Niitakaya USA INC | Montebello | Carrots, cut, peeled or slic | F | 8.3 |
| 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01826 | Redding | Supermarkets and Other Groce | F | 8.3 |
| 054992-Mira Loma Po | Mira Loma | Mail and Parcel Delivery | D | 8.3 |
| 058088-Valley Springs Po | Valley Springs | Mail and Parcel Delivery | D | 8.3 |
| Sodexo at United Club Lax Per Pax | Los Angeles | Food Service Contractors | F | 8.3 |
| The Recycler Core Company Inc | Riverside | Used parts, motor vehicle, m | F | 8.3 |
| Paso Robles Inn | Paso Robles | Hotels (except casino hotels | F | 8.3 |
| 4186-01857 | Anderson | Dollar Stores | F | 8.3 |
| Superior Grocers # 143 | Maywood | Grocery Store | F | 8.3 |
| Acuity Brands Lighting Sunoptic | Sacramento | Skylights, metal, manufactur | F | 8.3 |
| Hinkley Compressor Station | Hinkley | - | F | 8.3 |
| J.D. Heiskell & Co. Pixley CA | Pixley | Animal feed mills (except do | F | 8.3 |
| Las Americas Premium Outlets | San Diego | Janitorial Contractor | D | 8.3 |
| DC25 | Moreno Valley | Motor Vehicle Supplies and N | F | 8.3 |
| Adorno Construction Inc | Campbell | Foundation, building, poured | F | 8.3 |
| Goodwill Willow Glen Store | San Jose | Habilitation job counseling | F | 8.3 |
| Wine Service Cooperative | Saint Helena | Warehousing and storage, gen | D | 8.3 |
| CA076 | San Diego | Service Establishment Equipm | F | 8.3 |
| Capriana | Brea | Assisted-living facilities w | F | 8.3 |
| Creative Stone Mfg, Inc. | Lodi | Architectural block, concret | F | 8.3 |
| CIE Manufacturing - South Gate | South Gate | Chassis, heavy truck, with o | F | 8.3 |
| 2294 Lowe S of Menifee Ca | Menifee | Homecenter | F | 8.3 |
| El Segundo_1455129 | El Segundo | Mail and Parcel Delivery | D | 8.3 |
| Channel Islands Post Acute | Santa Barbara | Nursing homes | D | 8.3 |
| Fruit World Nursery, Inc. | Reedley | Nursery and Tree Production | D | 8.3 |
| Alternative Energy Systems | Chico | Installation of photovoltaic | F | 8.3 |
| csc0081 | Woodland | General warehousing and stor | D | 8.3 |
| 056169-Pom-Diamond Bar Br | Diamond Bar | Mail and Parcel Delivery | D | 8.3 |
| Ross store 348 | San Diego | Retail Store | F | 8.3 |
| Ennis, Inc. | Paso Robles | Printing manifold business f | F | 8.3 |
| BJ's Rentals, Inc. | National City | Construction machinery and e | F | 8.3 |
| 1787 LKQ Rancho | Rancho | Motor vehicle parts, used, m | F | 8.3 |
| 1031 North Plaza Drive | Visalia | - | F | 8.3 |
| 6962-Swy 0025 0799 | Santa Cruz | Supermarkets and Other Groce | F | 8.3 |
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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What California's safety record means for you
California averages a TCR of 6.2 - about 2.3× the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. A state average hides wide employer-by-employer variation.
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State averages use the credible-subset mean across reporting establishments; they are statistical summaries, not regulatory assessments.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.