Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Ferraro Foods

Piscataway, NJ · ~733 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferraro Foods runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Ferraro Foods: 6.2 TCR = 281% of Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferraro Foods safety composite

Ferraro Foods scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

2017→2024

Ferraro Foods injury rate improved

Ferraro Foods's TCR fell 2.5 from 9.0 in 2017 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.0 · 2018=3.0 · 2024=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Piscataway, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 281% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #29/55
  • PHOTO Ellettsville Distrib…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 124 inj
  • SIZE ~733 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ellettsville Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferraro Foods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferraro Foods averages 6.2 TCR (281% of the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ferraro Foods TCR series: 2017=9 · 2018=3 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Ferraro Foods falls in its industry

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merch establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 55 Groceries, general-line, merch employers in New Jersey.

Ferraro Foods (733 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 Ferraro Foods
Ferraro Foods (733 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Ferraro Foods has more employees than the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholes median and a higher 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 6.5 5.8 81 0 0
2018 3.0 2.5 11 0 0
2017 9.0 8.7 32 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · NJ · Piscataway

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 124 employers in Piscataway, NJ · 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 Ellettsville Distribution Center 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADVANTAGE LOGISTICS - ANNISTON 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foodservice Somerset - 0800 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reinhart - Johnson City - 0565 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Haleon US Holdings, LLC (formerly GSK Consumer Healthcare) 731 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seabrook Village 736 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Lift Truck Co.,Inc. 730 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-ZSEC 737 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive 1,042 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colgate-Palmolive Global Technology Center 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colgate-Palmolive Company 978 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems Piscataway 718 FTE
NAT-TCR Binghamton Slag Roofing Co., Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rohn Products LLC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR WESTSIDE AG ll, INC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Great Dane - Fitchburg 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Valley Forge Casino Resort 733 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Side 733 FTE
NAT-SIZE Good Samaritan 733 FTE
NAT-SIZE Watertown Regional Medical Center 733 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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