Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers · Indiana

Ft Wayne in

Ft Wayne, IN · ~163 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ft Wayne in runs at 287% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Ft Wayne in: 6.3 TCR = 287% of Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ft Wayne in safety composite

Ft Wayne in scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−0.7

2016→2024

Ft Wayne in injury rate improved

Ft Wayne in's TCR fell 0.7 from 8.7 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.7 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=8.4 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Ft Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 287% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #20/31
  • PHOTO DW RICHARDS SONS INC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 100 inj
  • SIZE ~163 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DW RICHARDS SONS INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ft Wayne in in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Ft Wayne in averages 6.3 TCR (287% of the Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Ft Wayne in TCR series: 2016=8.7 · 2017=4 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=6 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=8.4 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=8 · BLS 2.2

Where Ft Wayne in falls in its industry

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Prod establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 31 Other Grocery and Related Prod employers in Indiana.

Ft Wayne in (163 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ft Wayne in
Ft Wayne in (163 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Ft Wayne in has more employees than the Other Grocery and Related Products Merch median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 8.0 7.0 16 0 0
2023 4.8 4.3 9 0 0
2022 8.4 7.9 15 0 0
2021 7.9 7.9 13 0 0
2020 5.7 5.1 9 0 0
2019 6.0 4.8 10 0 0
2018 3.4 3.4 6 0 0
2017 4.0 2.8 7 0 0
2016 8.7 6.3 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · IN · Ft Wayne

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 33 employers in Ft Wayne, IN · 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 DW RICHARDS SONS INC 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The CORE Group- Michigan 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MACON GA 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PBV-Western Warehouse Extension 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Water Division 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE BDR-IndyNorth 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rolling Prairie 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE EACI 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR FWMRPC (all) 1,121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Wayne Headquarters 573 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Wayne One Summit Square 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Wayne Bakery 204 FTE
NAT-TCR Frr-Inc-Falcon Ridge Ranch 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Mennonite Home 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Jessup Terminal 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sardis Community Nursing Home 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Donaldson Co 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silver Spring 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stacys Plant 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unified Field Services Corporation 163 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.