Food Processing · Delaware

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE

Clayton, DE · ~171 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE runs at 228% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food Processing workplace, earning a grade F.

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE: 7.5 TCR = 228% of Food Processing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE safety composite

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE held a steady TCR band

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE's TCR held near 0.2 from 7.9 in 2018 to 7.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.9 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 228% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Hancock Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~171 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hancock Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hanover Foods, Clayton DE in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hanover Foods, Clayton DE averages 7.5 TCR (228% of the Food Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE TCR series: 2018=7.9 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=7.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Hanover Foods, Clayton DE falls in its industry

224 Food Processing establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Delaware alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Food Processing employers in Delaware.

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE (171 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hanover Foods, Clayton DE
Hanover Foods, Clayton DE (171 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Hanover Foods, Clayton DE has more employees than the Food Processing 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2020 7.7 7.7 14 0 0
2019 6.9 6.3 11 1 0
2018 7.9 6.5 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311411 · DE · Clayton

224 Food Processing 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Hancock Plant 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brockport Facility 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vita-Pakt Citrus Products Co 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edible Cuts_Kenosha 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hagley Museum and Library 171 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elwyn Delaware 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-000000826 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nemours Alfred I. duPont 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Metal Masters Foodservice 372 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanover Foods Clayton 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clayton 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southern States Smyrna-Clayton Coop 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Baltimore Shops 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR R. L. Lipton Distributing Co. 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Jax 2 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Teton Rock Springs 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alden Estates of Orland Park 171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coca Cola Dallas Syrup Plant 171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amalur, LLC 171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Symphony at 87th Street 171 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.