Grocery stores · Ohio

Apples (Meister Rd)

Lorain, OH · ~68 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Apples (Meister Rd) runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Apples (Meister Rd): 2.4 TCR = 71% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Apples (Meister Rd) safety composite

Apples (Meister Rd) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.7

2016→2024

Apples (Meister Rd) injury rate improved

Apples (Meister Rd)'s TCR fell 6.7 from 6.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Lorain, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #199/748
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 094
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 094 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Apples (Meister Rd) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Apples (Meister Rd) averages 2.4 TCR (71% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Apples (Meister Rd) TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Apples (Meister Rd) falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #199 safest of 748 Grocery stores employers in Ohio.

Apples (Meister Rd) (68 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 Apples (Meister Rd)
Apples (Meister Rd) (68 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Apples (Meister Rd) has fewer employees than the Grocery stores 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2021 5.3 0.0 2 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2016 6.7 4.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · OH · Lorain

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 85 employers in Lorain, OH · 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 094 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lowes Foods #171 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carlisle Karns Food Store 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0075 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE FarmaceuticalRX LLC OH 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maria Gardens 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 1 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 4 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Regional Medical Center 1,578 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Regional Medical Center 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lorain Family Health Center & Surgery Center 506 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lorain FHC Surgery 412 FTE
NAT-TCR CFM-FL-SEG 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Atlanta Medical Center 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 55PN - Enterprise Leasing Company - South Central, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Locomotive 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Liebe Trucking, Inc. 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Support Services 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Railroad Ave. 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Graco High Pressure Equipment 68 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.