Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers · Puerto Rico

Caribbean Produce Exchange

Catano, PR · ~165 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caribbean Produce Exchange runs at 372% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Caribbean Produce Exchange: 8.2 TCR = 372% of Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caribbean Produce Exchange safety composite

Caribbean Produce Exchange scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Caribbean Produce Exchange held a steady TCR band

Caribbean Produce Exchange's TCR held near 0.1 from 8.2 in 2023 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.2 · 2024=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Catano, PR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 372% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK P25
  • PHOTO Cal Packing & Storga…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~165 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cal Packing & Storgae DBA Bravante Produce (0.0 TCR gap)

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Caribbean Produce Exchange in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caribbean Produce Exchange averages 8.2 TCR (372% of the Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Caribbean Produce Exchange TCR series: 2023=8.2 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Caribbean Produce Exchange falls in its industry

369 Vegetables, fresh, merchant wh establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Caribbean Produce Exchange (165 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Caribbean Produce Exchange
Caribbean Produce Exchange (165 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Caribbean Produce Exchange has more employees than the Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 8.1 8.1 10 0 0
2023 8.2 8.2 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · PR · Catano

369 Vegetables, fresh, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,632 rated employers in Puerto Rico with headcount on file · 30 employers in Catano, PR · 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 Cal Packing & Storgae DBA Bravante Produce 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charlie's Produce Portland 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freshpoint Hawaii LLC dba Armstrong Produce Kona 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Fruit and Vegetable Co. Inc. 8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE GENERA SAN JUAN 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE General Electric of PR LLC 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unit #0916 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE HIMA SAN PABLO CUPEY 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR Antilles Services 1,516 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Janitorial Services, Inc. 495 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLARO / PRT - Bo. Palmas 427 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6087 365 FTE
NAT-TCR Dewayne's Quality Metal Coatings 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Chefs' Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC-Hanover, MD 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Elkhart General Hospital 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Gafpa - Forest Park 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Power Flame Inc. 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Asphalt 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hillebrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE NASCAR Event Management, LLC 165 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.