Commercial bakeries · Massachusetts
Gold Medal Bakery
Fall River, MA · ~560 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gold Medal Bakery runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade D.
Gold Medal Bakery: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gold Medal Bakery safety composite
Gold Medal Bakery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Gold Medal Bakery: 3.6 → 5.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2024
Gold Medal Bakery's TCR rose 2.0 from 3.6 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311812 · Fall River, MA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #21/32
- PHOTO 245 Pensacola FL
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 288 inj
- SIZE ~560 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 245 Pensacola FL (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gold Medal Bakery in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Gold Medal Bakery
4.9 TCR
- 245 Pensacola
245 Pensacola FL
4.9 TCR
- OXNARD CA PLAN
OXNARD CA PLANT (BBL)
4.9 TCR
- ARYZTA - Hazle
ARYZTA - Hazleton
4.9 TCR
- Cafe Valley
Cafe Valley
4.9 TCR
What this shows Gold Medal Bakery averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).
Gold Medal Bakery TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=5 · 2018=4 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=7 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=5.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Gold Medal Bakery falls in its industry
1,014 Commercial bakeries establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 32 Commercial bakeries employers in Massachusetts.
Gold Medal Bakery has more employees than the Commercial bakeries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 39 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 41 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 42 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311812 · MA · Fall River
1,014 Commercial bakeries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 138 employers in Fall River, MA · 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 | 245 Pensacola FL | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OXNARD CA PLANT (BBL) | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ARYZTA - Hazleton | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cafe Valley | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Biogen -U.S. Field | 560 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | J&M Brown Company | 558 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cumberland Farms - Westboro Distribution Center | 562 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R.H. White Companies | 563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Charlton Memorial Hospital | 1,944 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saint Anne's Hospital | 1,586 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BOS7 | 1,388 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Blount Fine Foods | 1,169 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Grandville Printing Company | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Levell Center | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CenterPoint Energy - Dayton West | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vittetoe, Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Thilmany Mill | 560 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | West Coast Materials, Inc | 560 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | American Incorporated | 560 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Labatt San Antonio | 560 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.