Vegetables, frozen, manufacturing · Delaware

Hanover Foods Clayton

Name: Hanover Foods Clayton Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Clayton, DE · ~167 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hanover Foods Clayton runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vegetables, frozen, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Hanover Foods Clayton: 5.1 TCR = 154% of Vegetables, frozen, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hanover Foods Clayton safety composite

Hanover Foods Clayton scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−5.4

2020→2022

Hanover Foods Clayton injury rate improved

Hanover Foods Clayton's TCR fell 5.4 from 7.7 in 2020 to 2.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.7 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311411 · Clayton, DE ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 154% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO Appeeling Fruit Hold…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~167 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Appeeling Fruit Holdings, LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hanover Foods Clayton averages 5.1 TCR (154% of the Vegetables, frozen, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Hanover Foods Clayton TCR series: 2020=7.7 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Hanover Foods Clayton falls in its industry

224 Vegetables, frozen, manufactur establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Delaware alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Vegetables, frozen, manufactur employers in Delaware.

Hanover Foods Clayton (167 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Hanover Foods Clayton has more employees than the Vegetables, frozen, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2022	2.3	1.7	4
2021	5.2	1.7	9
2020	7.7	7.7	14

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311411 · DE · Clayton

224 Vegetables, frozen, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 5 employers in Clayton, DE · 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	Appeeling Fruit Holdings, LLC.	DAUBERVILLE, PA	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BEF Foods	LIMA, OH	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bright Harvest Sweet Potato Company	CLARKSVILLE, AR	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cavendish Farms	JAMESTOWN, ND	5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	2248 LOWE S OF SEAFORD DE	SEAFORD	167 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harrison House	GEORGETOWN	167 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Horizon Services - HSS	NEWARK	168 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Concord 162	WILMINGTON	166 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Metal Masters Foodservice	Clayton	372 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hanover Foods, Clayton DE	Clayton	171 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Clayton	Clayton	126 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southern States Smyrna-Clayton Coop	Clayton	25 FTE
NAT-TCR	CAB Incorporated	Nacogdoches, TX	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	ARDx San Diego Mira Mesa (Distr)	San Diego, CA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cumming Live Haul	Cumming, GA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	1223 North Kansas City	Kansas City, MO	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	PCI Indianapolis Interior	Carmel, IN	167 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6704 Louisville	Louisville, KY	167 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lahser Hills Care Centre	Southfield, MI	167 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Berlin Nursing Center	Berlin, NJ	167 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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