Dairy products, frozen, merchant wholesalers · Indiana

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc.

Fort Wayne, IN · ~41 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dairy products, frozen, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc.: 5.3 TCR = 240% of Dairy products, frozen, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. safety composite

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 93% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% 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

−6.5

2017→2024

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. injury rate improved

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc.'s TCR fell 6.5 from 6.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 240% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/23
  • PHOTO Marquez Brothers Int…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marquez Brothers International, Inc. - San Jose (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. averages 5.3 TCR (240% of the Dairy products, frozen, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. TCR series: 2017=6.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=8.1 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. falls in its industry

1,651 Dairy products, frozen, mercha establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 23 Dairy products, frozen, mercha employers in Indiana.

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. (41 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc.
Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. (41 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. has fewer employees than the Dairy products, frozen, merchant wholesa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 10.3 7.7 4 0 0
2022 8.1 5.4 3 0 0
2021 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 9.9 7.4 4 0 0
2019 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.5 6.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · IN · Fort Wayne

1,651 Dairy products, frozen, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, IN · 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 Marquez Brothers International, Inc. - San Jose 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Foods Tampa 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Romeoville Distribution Center 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fischer Foods of New York, Inc. 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bos Dairy, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE IN15-SEL-TERRE HAUTE ADMIN' 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herrema Dairy LLC 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR Scrap Partners LLC. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tulsa 195 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Westech Systems, LLC 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Paramount Contracting, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brawley Farm Labor Contractor 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE M-2 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Farms of GA Feed Mill 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rochester 126 41 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.