Frozen pizza manufacturing · Ohio

General Mills (Wellston)

Name: General Mills (Wellston) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Wellston, OH · ~993 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

General Mills (Wellston) runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Frozen pizza manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

General Mills (Wellston): 1.7 TCR = 52% of Frozen pizza manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

General Mills (Wellston) safety composite

General Mills (Wellston) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−2.2

2016→2019

General Mills (Wellston) injury rate improved

General Mills (Wellston)'s TCR fell 2.2 from 2.6 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311412 · Wellston, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

DART 0.2 DART
RANK #6/21
PHOTO Lake Erie Frozen Foods
BOOK 4y book
INJ 56 inj
SIZE ~993 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lake Erie Frozen Foods (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.7
Lake Erie Froz

1.7
Frozen Special

1.7
Dimares Italia

1.7
US Waffle Comp

1.7

What this shows General Mills (Wellston) averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Frozen pizza manufacturing BLS benchmark).

General Mills (Wellston) TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where General Mills (Wellston) falls in its industry

274 Frozen pizza manufacturing establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 21 Frozen pizza manufacturing employers in Ohio.

General Mills (Wellston) (993 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 201 employees and a TCR of 4.0

General Mills (Wellston) has more employees than the Frozen pizza manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2019	0.5	0.2	4	0
2018	1.9	1.5	15	3
2017	1.8	0.9	12	5
2016	2.6	2.2	25	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311412 · OH · Wellston

274 Frozen pizza manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 14 employers in Wellston, OH · 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	Lake Erie Frozen Foods	ASHLAND, OH	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing - Plant	MILWAUKEE, WI	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dimares Italian Specialty Foods	SAINT LOUIS, MO	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	US Waffle Company	LIBERTY, SC	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rubbermaid Food Storage	MOGADORE	993 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 9475	GROVEPORT	992 FTE
STATE-SIZE	436	PERRYSBURG	995 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coram Flora	OBERLIN	988 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Totino's	Wellston	1,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Mills - Wellston	Wellston	958 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Beech Hollow	Wellston	76 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jackson Mill	Wellston	51 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pseg Li T&D Electric Ops	Hicksville, NY	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arc Machines Inc	Panorama City, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Honeywell Genesis Cable	Pleasant Prairie, WI	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	MCI-SPUSA	Kansas City, MO	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CVG3	Hebron, KY	993 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Land O'Lakes, Inc. - Sales Force	Arden Hills, MN	993 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Headquarters	Palm Springs, FL	993 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa	Palm Desert, CA	994 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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