Supermarkets · Kentucky

Food City Store #428

Name: Food City Store #428 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Middlesboro, KY · ~132 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.0
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Food City Store #428 runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Supermarkets workplace, earning a grade C.

Food City Store #428: 4.0 TCR = 117% of Supermarkets BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Food City Store #428 safety composite

Food City Store #428 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Food City Store #428: 1.7 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2022

Food City Store #428's TCR rose 3.1 from 1.7 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Middlesboro, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 117% of ind

DART 4.8 DART
RANK #156/364
PHOTO Lowes Foods #191
BOOK 7y book
INJ 26 inj
SIZE ~132 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #191 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Food City Store #428 averages 4.0 TCR (117% of the Supermarkets BLS benchmark).

Food City Store #428 TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=3 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Food City Store #428 falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #156 safest of 364 Supermarkets employers in Kentucky.

Food City Store #428 (132 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Food City Store #428 has more employees than the Supermarkets median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2022	4.8	4.8	5
2021	6.8	4.9	7
2020	3.0	2.0	3
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	6.8	4.9	7
2017	4.6	1.5	3
2016	1.7	1.7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · KY · Middlesboro

30,654 Supermarkets employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 26 employers in Middlesboro, KY · 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	Lowes Foods #191	RALEIGH, NC	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Fresh Grocer of LaSalle	PHILADELPHIA, PA	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Price Rite Store 405 Scranton	SCRANTON, PA	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rouses Market #59	THIBODAUX, LA	4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WRD	VERSAILLES	132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stemco Berea	BEREA	132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Henry A Petter Supply Co.	PADUCAH	132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Standard Sales Company, LP Louisville, KY	LOUISVILLE	132 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged	Middlesboro	621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro	Middlesboro	527 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 739	Middlesboro	336 FTE
CITY-NEAR	739	Middlesboro	310 FTE
NAT-TCR	Food City Store #605	Kingsport, TN	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Skier's Choice Inc.	Maryville, TN	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center	Grand Junction, CO	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	48 - La Crosse	Onalaska, WI	4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	KW Services, LLC	South Bend, IN	132 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Food City Store #712	Cleveland, TN	132 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Wood River	Wood River, IL	132 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Inspira Arrowhead Senior Living	Scottsdale, AZ	132 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.