Canning fruits and vegetables · Michigan

Gielow Pickles, Inc

Croswell, MI · ~290 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gielow Pickles, Inc runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Canning fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade F.

Gielow Pickles, Inc: 6.8 TCR = 208% of Canning fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gielow Pickles, Inc safety composite

Gielow Pickles, Inc 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−4.7

2021→2024

Gielow Pickles, Inc injury rate improved

Gielow Pickles, Inc's TCR fell 4.7 from 10.9 in 2021 to 6.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=10.9 · 2022=9.9 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311421 · Croswell, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 208% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #32/41
  • PHOTO True Fresh
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 95 inj
  • SIZE ~290 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: True Fresh (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gielow Pickles, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gielow Pickles, Inc averages 6.8 TCR (208% of the Canning fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).

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

Gielow Pickles, Inc TCR series: 2021=10.9 · 2022=9.9 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Gielow Pickles, Inc falls in its industry

330 Canning fruits and vegetables establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 41 Canning fruits and vegetables employers in Michigan.

Gielow Pickles, Inc (290 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gielow Pickles, Inc
Gielow Pickles, Inc (290 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Gielow Pickles, Inc has more employees than the Canning fruits and vegetables median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 6.2 3.1 20 0 0
2023 0.4 0.2 29 0 0
2022 9.9 4.6 24 0 0
2021 10.9 6.9 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311421 · MI · Croswell

330 Canning fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 5 employers in Croswell, MI · 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 True Fresh 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calpack Foods 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Knouse Foods - Orrtanna 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giovanni Food Co Inc 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eggs- Lake Odessa MI 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE Founders Brewing Co. 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herman Miller Midwest Distribution Center 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meijer Store 217 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cotterman Company - Michigan Division 229 FTE
CITY-NEAR Croswell Factory 206 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conveyor Components Company 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Croswell-lexington Co* 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Columbia River People's Utility District 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Elm Crest Senior Living 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Chambrel Williamsburg 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR BJ Industries, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marvair 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duncan Aviation PVU 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aquafil USA, Inc- 1 Aquafil Drive 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frank Brunckhorst Co., LLC 290 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. 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.