General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC

Name: Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Piscataway, NJ · ~418 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.0
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC: 5.0 TCR = 228% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC safety composite

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 5.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
DART rate: D 6.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC: 5.3 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2021

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC's TCR rose 1.8 from 5.3 in 2019 to 7.2 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 5.0 · 228% of ind

DART 6.1 DART
RANK #23/55
PHOTO United Natural Foods…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 58 inj
SIZE ~418 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Natural Foods GMHBC Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC averages 5.0 TCR (228% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC TCR series: 2019=5.3 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=7.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 55 General-line groceries merchan employers in New Jersey.

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC (418 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Ferraro Foods of New Jersey, LLC has more employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal 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
2021	7.2	6.1	26
2020	2.5	2.5	10
2019	5.3	4.4	22

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · NJ · Piscataway

1,651 General-line groceries 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	United Natural Foods GMHBC Inc	STOCKTON, CA	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SYGMA San Antonio	SAN ANTONIO, TX	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Harbor Wholesale (PDC)	PORTLAND, OR	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The H.T Hackney Co.	GAHANNA, OH	5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AJM Packaging - Vineland	VINELAND	418 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Conair East Windsor New Jersey	EAST WINDSOR	417 FTE
STATE-SIZE	#522 Woodbridge Shoprite	WOODBRIDGE	417 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 5476	WOODBURY	419 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Global Technology Center, Colgate - Palmolive	Piscataway	1,042 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Colgate-Palmolive Global Technology Center	Piscataway	978 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Colgate-Palmolive Company	Piscataway	978 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ferraro Foods	Piscataway	733 FTE
NAT-TCR	Packaging	Green Bay, WI	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sodexo at Manorcare Monroeville	Monroeville, PA	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	BPI Recycling LLC	Sebring, OH	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	DH Pace Door Services - Omaha	Omaha, NE	5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Blackfoot Plant	Blackfoot, ID	418 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Saddlebrook Resorts, Inc.	Wesley Chapel, FL	418 FTE
NAT-SIZE	iHErb / Staffmark / Manpower	Elgin, IL	418 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Phillips Industries	Santa Fe Springs, CA	418 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.

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