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 77 of 1033| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mor 94 | Chula Vista | - | F | 13.8 |
| Amzl : Dsm1 | West Sacramento | General Warehousing and Stor | F | 13.8 |
| Clear Lake - Resort | Nice | Hotels and Motels | F | 13.8 |
| CAN014 | Union City | Tire Dealers | F | 13.8 |
| The Pasta Shop | Oakland | Macaroni, fresh, manufacturi | F | 13.8 |
| Central Transport - 958 | Sacramento | General Freight Trucking Lon | F | 13.8 |
| Lyft San Diego Express Drive - SAN | San Diego | Car rental | F | 13.8 |
| 4021-620860600 | Los Angeles | Food Services | F | 13.8 |
| PBY CA Granada Hills | Granada Hills | Auto and Home Supply Stores | F | 13.8 |
| Fred A. Douma Dairy Partnership | Tracy | Dairy cattle farming | F | 13.8 |
| United Pallet Services, Inc. | Modesto | Ammunition boxes, wood, manu | F | 13.8 |
| Riverlane Logistic | Los Angeles | Courier services (i.e., inte | F | 13.8 |
| Casmr - San Marcos | San Marcos | Couriers and Express Deliver | F | 13.8 |
| Jack in the Box #3411 | Milipitas | Fast-food restaurants | F | 13.8 |
| RbACA Enterprises, dba Renewal by Andersen of Greater San Diego | San Diego | Aluminum door and window, re | F | 13.8 |
| Dodge Ridge | Pinecrest | Alpine skiing facilities wit | F | 13.8 |
| Sierra Donor Services | West Sacramento | Organ donor centers, body | F | 13.8 |
| Willows Post Acute | Willows | Homes for the elderly with n | F | 13.8 |
| 69030001-31 Cardenas Markets 31 | Lake Elsinore | Retail Grocery | F | 13.8 |
| 054121-Lbc-Pacific Sta | Long Beach | Mail and Parcel Delivery | F | 13.8 |
| 0553 - Los Angeles DC | Fontana | - | F | 13.8 |
| Signature Coast, LLC | Napa | Lawn care services (e.g., fe | F | 13.8 |
| dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5007 | Oakland | Retail Store | F | 13.8 |
| 417 | Escondido | Retail | F | 13.8 |
| Touchstone Pistachio, Co. | Fresno | Pistachio farming | F | 13.8 |
| Schramsberg Vineyards Company | Calistoga | Wineries | F | 13.8 |
| Florida Suites | Merced | MDs' (medical doctors), ment | F | 13.8 |
| 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02502 | Inglewood | Supermarkets and Other Groce | F | 13.8 |
| Pelican Bay State Prison | Crescent City | Correctional institutions | F | 13.8 |
| Bel Tooren Villa Convalescent Hospital | Bellflower | Skilled nursing facilities | F | 13.8 |
| 03-025 Long Beach Arc | Long Beach | Residential Mental Health an | F | 13.8 |
| 549942 106315_modesto Bmp_idd Day Pgm Periodic | Modesto | Vocational Rehabilitation Se | F | 13.8 |
| Thermal-Cool, Inc. | Riverside | HVAC (heating, ventilation a | F | 13.8 |
| Grossmont Hospital-BV | Bonita | Healthcare Provider | D | 13.8 |
| R.V. Stich Construction, Inc. | Richmond | Housing, single-family, cons | F | 13.8 |
| 0938 - Modesto NW | Modesto | Discount Department Stores | F | 13.7 |
| The US Grant Hotel | San Diego | Hotels, resort, without casi | F | 13.7 |
| 1 Hotel West Hollywood | West Hollywood | Hotels (except casino hotels | F | 13.7 |
| 6962-SWY-0045-0045-08225 | Riverside | All Other Miscellaneous Food | F | 13.7 |
| 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02420 | Bakersfield | Supermarkets and Other Groce | F | 13.7 |
| SFO-SPUSA | Burlingame | Airport operators (e.g., civ | F | 13.7 |
| FFCFRAMING | Santee | Carpentry, framing | F | 13.7 |
| PACE Supply Ukiah Branch 2 | Ukiah | Fittings and valves, plumber | F | 13.7 |
| Griffith Observatory Maint | Los Angeles | - | F | 13.7 |
| 6962-ABS-0029-0028-00710 | La Mesa | Supermarkets and Other Groce | F | 13.7 |
| 6962-SWY-0025-0025-02840 | Freedom | Supermarkets and Other Groce | F | 13.7 |
| WB Powell | Norco | Flooring, wood, manufacturin | F | 13.7 |
| Grocery Outlet of Arroyo Grande | Arroyo Grande | Grocery stores | F | 13.7 |
| Able Industries | Visalia | Job counseling, vocational r | F | 13.7 |
| 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00790 | San Leandro | Supermarkets and Other Groce | F | 13.7 |
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.