Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale · Virginia

Central Kitchen

Name: Central Kitchen Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Richmond, VA · ~194 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.4
Avg TCR: 4.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Central Kitchen runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale workplace, earning a grade C.

Central Kitchen: 4.4 TCR = 108% of Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale BLS 4.1 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Kitchen safety composite

Central Kitchen scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.73 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.5

2016→2024

Central Kitchen injury rate improved

Central Kitchen's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.2 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311991 · Richmond, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 108% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK P57
PHOTO J Bar B Foods Weimar
BOOK 8y book
INJ 68 inj
SIZE ~194 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J Bar B Foods Weimar (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.4
80973-HOUSTON

4.4
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4.4

What this shows Central Kitchen averages 4.4 TCR (108% of the Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale BLS benchmark).

Central Kitchen TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 4.1

Where Central Kitchen falls in its industry

376 Prepared meals, perishable, pa establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Central Kitchen (194 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 179 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Central Kitchen has more employees than the Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2024	2.7	2.7	6
2023	5.9	5.5	13
2022	3.5	3.5	7
2021	5.5	4.4	10
2020	4.9	4.9	8
2019	2.4	2.4	4
2018	5.2	3.9	8
2016	5.2	5.2	12

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311991 · VA · Richmond

376 Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	J Bar B Foods Weimar	WEIMAR, TX	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	80973-HOUSTON CULINARY CENTER	HOUSTON, TX	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	J Bar B Foods Waelder	WAELDER, TX	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Andrea Foods	ORANGE, NJ	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	American Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc.	FAIRFAX	194 FTE
STATE-SIZE	C W Strittmatter LLC	MANASSAS PARK	194 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Flowserve Corprtation	CHESAPEAKE	194 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2807-1186	HAMPTON	194 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VCU Health System	Richmond	14,536 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	11,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VCU	Richmond	5,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CJW Medical Center	Richmond	3,259 FTE
NAT-TCR	Johnny Rockets #241 Excalibur	Las Vegas, NV	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kankakee Valley REMC Headquarters	Wanatah, IN	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	XTO	Perrysburg, OH	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	PCSI Location 760	Warren, MI	4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	T R Miller Mill Company, Inc.	Brewton, AL	194 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Macomb SC	Mt. Clemens, MI	194 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rosina Food Products - Empire	West Seneca, NY	194 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Charlotte Clt	Charlotte, NC	194 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.

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