Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and · North Carolina
Fords Produce Company Inc
Raleigh, NC · ~40 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fords Produce Company Inc runs at 314% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and workplace, earning a grade F.
Fords Produce Company Inc: 14.1 TCR = 314% of Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fords Produce Company Inc safety composite
Fords Produce Company Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% 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
−2.7
2016→2020
Fords Produce Company Inc injury rate improved
Fords Produce Company Inc's TCR fell 2.7 from 14.5 in 2016 to 11.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 20.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=14.5 · 2017=20.0 · 2018=15.5 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=11.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115114 · Raleigh, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 314% of ind
- DART 3.9 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Eriksson LLC
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 36 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Eriksson LLC (0.1 TCR gap)
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Fords Produce Company Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- B&B Potato- Wh
B&B Potato- Whse
14.4 TCR
- Eriksson LLC
Eriksson LLC
14.3 TCR
- This site
Fords Produce Company Inc
14.1 TCR
- T&A Onions - O
T&A Onions - Onion Shed
13.9 TCR
- Simonian Farmi
Simonian Farming Company
13.9 TCR
What this shows Fords Produce Company Inc averages 14.1 TCR (314% of the Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and BLS benchmark).
Fords Produce Company Inc TCR series: 2016=14.5 · 2017=20 · 2018=15.5 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=11.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Fords Produce Company Inc falls in its industry
666 Packaging fresh or farm-dried establishmentsSafer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Packaging fresh or farm-dried employers in North Carolina.
Fords Produce Company Inc has fewer employees than the Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11.8 | 3.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15.5 | 5.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14.5 | 4.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115114 · NC · Raleigh
666 Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 973 employers in Raleigh, NC · 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 | Eriksson LLC | 14.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | T&A Onions - Onion Shed | 13.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Simonian Farming Company | 13.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | B&B Potato- Whse | 14.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Gary Thomas Farms | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tri-State Turf of NC | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pender Nursery Inc. | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sugar Hollow Solar, Inc. | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Headway Workforce Solutions | 13,936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NC State University | 11,491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNC Rex Healthcare | 7,282 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SECU | 6,283 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Manufacturing | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ram Tool Construction Supply Company - Tampa | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sunny Acres Nursing Home #562 | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ISD 191 MWS Marion West Savage Elem | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Elmwood Assisted Living | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | J-M Northwest, Inc. dba Dick's Towing & Transport | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DGS Aviation Services : BIL - Billings | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Smj Metal Company, Inc. | 40 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.