Central Kitchen
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RICHMOND, VA | Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale
~194 avg employees | 8 years of OSHA data
Central Kitchen has an average TCR of 4.4, which is 108% of the industry average (4.1) for Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for Central Kitchen
Central Kitchen operates an establishment with approximately 194 full-time equivalent workers in RICHMOND, VA, classified under the Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale industry (NAICS 311991). Across 8 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 68 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.4 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the C letter grade (Average Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 4.1 for Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale, Central Kitchen's workforce experiences 108% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 8 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Central Kitchen as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Central Kitchen's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311991 — Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
6 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 439,923 hours worked = 2.73 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Central Kitchen (this establishment) | 4.41 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing industry avg | 4.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311991 |
| Virginia state avg (all industries) | 10.48 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Central Kitchen to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 6 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 13 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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