Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries · Virginia

Central Bakery

Richmond, VA · ~196 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Bakery runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Bakery: 4.0 TCR = 122% of Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Bakery safety composite

Central Bakery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Central Bakery: 2.1 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024

Central Bakery's TCR rose 1.6 from 2.1 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311812 · Richmond, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 122% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #10/19
  • PHOTO Natures Bakery, LLC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~196 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Natures Bakery, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Bakery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Bakery averages 4.0 TCR (122% of the Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).

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

Central Bakery TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Bakery falls in its industry

1,014 Bakery products, fresh (i.e., establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 19 Bakery products, fresh (i.e., employers in Virginia.

Central Bakery (196 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Bakery
Central Bakery (196 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Central Bakery has more employees than the Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cak median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 3.7 2.8 8 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 6 0 0
2022 5.9 5.9 12 0 0
2021 6.3 5.7 11 0 0
2020 4.7 4.7 8 0 0
2019 2.3 2.3 3 1 0
2018 4.5 4.5 7 0 0
2016 2.1 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311812 · VA · Richmond

1,014 Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 939 employers in Richmond, VA · 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 Natures Bakery, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARYZTA - Austin 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CARLISLE PA PLANT 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 64 Chester Street 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAPEWELL AERIAL SYSTEMS LLC 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0420 LOWE S OF NEWPORT NEWS VA. 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE 029-00505 196 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1048 - Norfolk 196 FTE
CITY-NEAR VCU Health System 14,536 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia Commonwealth University 11,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR VCU 5,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR CJW Medical Center 3,259 FTE
NAT-TCR Agropur - Weyauwega 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office - 01 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ottumwa Service Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stoughton Office 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 600 Northern Blvd 196 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solo Cup Company Thomaston 196 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ellwood National Forge 196 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weber Display and Packaging 196 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.