Specialty Foods · Michigan

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc.

Fraser, MI · ~144 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. runs at 237% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Specialty Foods workplace, earning a grade F.

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc.: 5.2 TCR = 237% of Specialty Foods BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. safety composite

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.2

2021→2024

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. injury rate improved

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.2 from 8.2 in 2021 to 0.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.2 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Fraser, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.2 · 237% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/48
  • PHOTO EFCO Products Inc
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~144 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EFCO Products Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. averages 5.2 TCR (237% of the Specialty Foods BLS benchmark).

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

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. TCR series: 2021=8.2 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. falls in its industry

1,278 Specialty Foods establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 48 Specialty Foods employers in Michigan.

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. (144 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc.
Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. (144 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Carmela Foods Distributing, Inc. has more employees than the Specialty Foods median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 0.1 0.0 6 0 0
2023 6.3 3.6 7 0 0
2022 6.3 3.1 6 0 0
2021 8.2 4.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · MI · Fraser

1,278 Specialty Foods employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 40 employers in Fraser, MI · 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 EFCO Products Inc 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern California 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR FL - Jacksonville - Picketville Rd 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jack Hilliard Distributing Co., Inc Houston North 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sozo Health Inc 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schreiber Corporation 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leprino Foods, Remus 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arnie's Bakery 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faurecia - Fraser 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faurecia Fraser 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 145 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Healthmark Industries Co. 287 FTE
NAT-TCR Olympic Region WSDOT 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Southwest Region WSDOT 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Punch Studio, LLC - Figueroa Warehouse 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Joseph Health Center 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Matulaitis Nursing Home 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lewisville TX 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sprovieri's Custom Counters 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Andrews Village 144 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. 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.