Berries, canned, manufacturing · Michigan

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment

Empire, MI · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Berries, canned, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment: 3.5 TCR = 106% of Berries, canned, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment safety composite

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% 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 3.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−0.4

2019→2021

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment injury rate improved

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.4 in 2019 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.4 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311421 · Empire, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 106% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #19/41
  • PHOTO Pappas Foods
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pappas Foods (0.0 TCR gap)

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Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment averages 3.5 TCR (106% of the Berries, canned, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment TCR series: 2019=4.4 · 2020=2 · 2021=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment falls in its industry

330 Berries, canned, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 41 Berries, canned, manufacturing employers in Michigan.

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment (62 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment
Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment (62 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment has fewer employees than the Berries, canned, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2021 4.0 0.0 0 2 0
2020 2.0 0.0 0 1 0
2019 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311421 · MI · Empire

330 Berries, canned, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 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 Pappas Foods 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seneca Foods 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LiDestri Lee Rd. South 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plover #107 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Riveridge Land Company 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marshall 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Administration & Wastewater Operations 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lombardo Homes of St Louis 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Empire Manufacturing and Fulfillment 60 FTE
NAT-TCR CN - Broomall 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Alltech Nicholasville 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR North Jackson 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 140 Houston Gallery 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Madison Volunteer Fire Co. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Hot Springs, Inc 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westminster, Colorado, Office 62 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.