Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc.

Name: Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hillside, NJ · ~353 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. runs at 279% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc.: 6.1 TCR = 279% of Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. safety composite

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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%).

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 3.1 in 2019 to 3.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.1 · 2020=11.2 · 2021=7.0 · 2023=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Hillside, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 279% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #4/6
PHOTO 7175_16267
BOOK 4y book
INJ 80 inj
SIZE ~353 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 7175_16267 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. averages 6.1 TCR (279% of the Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. TCR series: 2019=3.1 · 2020=11.2 · 2021=7 · 2023=3.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. falls in its industry

369 Produce, fresh, merchant whole establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

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 #4 safest of 6 Produce, fresh, merchant whole employers in New Jersey.

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. (353 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. has more employees than the Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2023	3.3	2.3	20	0
2021	7.0	6.3	22	8
2020	11.2	10.2	19	28
2019	3.1	2.6	19	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · NJ · Hillside

369 Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 17 employers in Hillside, 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	7175_16267	COLUMBUS, OH	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Freshpoint Central Florida	ORLANDO, FL	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Loffredo Fresh Foods	DES MOINES, IA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PP3 - Cleveland	CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH	6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Gel Spice Company, Inc.	BAYONNE	353 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 4456	SOMERDALE	353 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Port Authority Contract	UNION	353 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US - Supply Chain : 0010	BORDENTOWN	352 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PF EWR	Hillside	529 FTE
CITY-NEAR	9123-EWR-PRIMEFLIGHT AVIATION SERVICES, INC.	Hillside	263 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hillside ShopRite	Hillside	208 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AAK Foodservice	Hillside	173 FTE
NAT-TCR	Skilled Manufacturing - Automotive Division	Traverse Ctiy, MI	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Northern Westchester	Mount Kisco, NY	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Koval Lane Hospitality	Las Vegas, NV	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lake Granbury Medical Center	Granbury, TX	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SKF USA Inc. - Sumter	Sumter, SC	353 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TKI Mitchell	Mitchell, SD	353 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eakas Corporation	Peru, IL	353 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Owens & Minor Inc.	Toano, VA	353 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: 2023, 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.