Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores · Maryland

5472-Swy 0035 2753

Kensington, MD · ~150 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

5472-Swy 0035 2753 runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

5472-Swy 0035 2753: 4.2 TCR = 124% of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

5472-Swy 0035 2753 safety composite

5472-Swy 0035 2753 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

5472-Swy 0035 2753: 2.5 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.29× in 2019

5472-Swy 0035 2753's TCR rose 2.9 from 2.5 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Kensington, MD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 124% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #387/806
  • PHOTO Lowes Foods #270
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~150 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #270 (0.0 TCR gap)

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5472-Swy 0035 2753 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 5472-Swy 0035 2753 averages 4.2 TCR (124% of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores BLS benchmark).

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

5472-Swy 0035 2753 TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=5.4 · BLS 3.4

Where 5472-Swy 0035 2753 falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #387 safest of 806 Supermarkets and Other Grocery employers in Maryland.

5472-Swy 0035 2753 (150 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 5472-Swy 0035 2753
5472-Swy 0035 2753 (150 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

5472-Swy 0035 2753 has more employees than the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except C median and a lower 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
2019 5.4 5.4 5 1 0
2018 5.3 3.5 6 0 0
2017 3.6 3.6 4 0 0
2016 2.5 1.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · MD · Kensington

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 20 employers in Kensington, MD · 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 Lowes Foods #270 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Murphy's Markets Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1093 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rouses Market #79 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE MCC 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stromberg Metal Works, Inc. 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Office 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2573-MD027 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentral Building Services, llc 602 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rock Spring Contracting 400 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kensington Park Senior Living 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heffron Company 170 FTE
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0020 2481 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 18500 Kieth Harrow Blvd 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0029 2338 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tampa Community Hospital 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1304 Marquette Dr 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Daimler Trucks North America LLC - Corp 9 - First Gear Academy 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rennes Health and Rehab Rhinelander 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County - Hospital 150 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.