Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing · Ohio

Gerber & Sons, Inc.

Baltic, OH · ~46 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gerber & Sons, Inc. runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Gerber & Sons, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 105% of Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gerber & Sons, Inc. safety composite

Gerber & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.84 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

−0.5

2016→2022

Gerber & Sons, Inc. injury rate improved

Gerber & Sons, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 4.4 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=10.5 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Baltic, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.1 · 105% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #30/41
  • PHOTO Maysville feed mill
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Maysville feed mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gerber & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gerber & Sons, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (105% of the Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gerber & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2018=4 · 2019=10.5 · 2020=2 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.8 · BLS 3.9

Where Gerber & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

756 Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manu establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 41 Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manu employers in Ohio.

Gerber & Sons, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gerber & Sons, Inc.
Gerber & Sons, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Gerber & Sons, Inc. has more employees than the Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 10.5 4.2 5 0 0
2018 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2016 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · OH · Baltic

756 Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 9 employers in Baltic, OH · 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 Maysville feed mill 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eatonton Cooperative Feed Co., Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Strauss Veal Feeds, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ProTrition LaVergne Feed Mill 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Holthouse Farms of Ohio Inc 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Ohio Greenhouse Company 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willowbend Nurseries, LLC 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.W. Sauder Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oak Pointe Nursing and Rehabiliataion 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oak Pointe Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oak Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Genie Company 85 FTE
NAT-TCR Atlanta RDC 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Manheim Minneapolis 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal LG -Northeast LG 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 2073-SW-20730059-CS 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mi-Sher Fleet Specialist 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Redwood Heights Assisted Living 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG298 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4598-Rtc Odessa 46 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.