Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · Mississippi
Forest Distribution Center
Forest, MS · ~84 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 5.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Forest Distribution Center runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage workplace, earning a grade C.
Forest Distribution Center: 6.5 TCR = 112% of Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS 5.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Forest Distribution Center safety composite
Forest Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% 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
Forest Distribution Center: 2.4 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 14.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2024
Forest Distribution Center's TCR rose 2.4 from 2.4 in 2018 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 493120 · Forest, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 6.5 · 112% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO Dawn Food Products -…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dawn Food Products - Miami Distribution (0.0 TCR gap)
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Forest Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Forest Distribution Center
6.5 TCR
- Dawn Food Prod
Dawn Food Products - Miami Distribution
6.5 TCR
- Americold Logi
Americold Logistics, LLC: Modesto
6.5 TCR
- Co 34 Maines P
Co 34 Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc.
6.5 TCR
- Mom's Meals No
Mom's Meals North Jackson Fulfillment
6.5 TCR
What this shows Forest Distribution Center averages 6.5 TCR (112% of the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS benchmark).
Forest Distribution Center TCR series: 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=14.7 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 5.8
Where Forest Distribution Center falls in its industry
1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and S establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Refrigerated Warehousing and S employers in Mississippi.
Forest Distribution Center has more employees than the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
493120 · MS · Forest
1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 22 employers in Forest, MS · 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 | Dawn Food Products - Miami Distribution | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Americold Logistics, LLC: Modesto | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Co 34 Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mom's Meals North Jackson Fulfillment | 6.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | J & J Bagging | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fountain Construction Co., Inc. - Main | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TALBOT BROTHERS CONTRACTING CO. INC. | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bernhard MCC, LLC - Fabrication | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Forest MS Complex | 1,260 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Raytheon_Forest_MS | 840 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Forest Debone Plant | 717 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Unipres Southeast | 319 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Milwaukee | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Labatt Houston | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SOLLiD Cabinetry | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bronson Battle Creek | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Plant 06 - FW | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate Manufacturing Facility | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | East Coast Electric, Inc. | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Bethel University | 84 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.