Food Manufacturing · Maryland

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD

Name: Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD Workplace Safety Data
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Ridgely, MD · ~83 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD: 5.2 TCR = 158% of Food Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD safety composite

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−4.4

2018→2020

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD injury rate improved

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD's TCR fell 4.4 from 8.3 in 2018 to 3.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.3 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311411 · Ridgely, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind

DART 3.9 DART
RANK P39
PHOTO Paris Foods Corp
BOOK 3y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paris Foods Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.2
Paris Foods Co

5.2
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5.2
Cavendish Farm

5.2

What this shows Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Food Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD TCR series: 2018=8.3 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD falls in its industry

224 Food Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD (83 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Hanover Foods, Ridgely MD has fewer employees than the Food 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
2020	3.9	3.9	2
2019	3.5	3.5	2
2018	8.3	5.0	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311411 · MD · Ridgely

224 Food Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 4 employers in Ridgely, MD · 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	Paris Foods Corp	TRAPPE, MD	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cutrale Citrus Leesburg	LEESBURG, FL	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cavendish Farms	JAMESTOWN, ND	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cutrale Citrus Juices USA, Inc. - Leesburg, FL	LEESBURG, FL	5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Beltsville - Corridor Pl	BELTSVILLE	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Solar Energy World, LLC	ELKRIDGE	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	First Finish, LLC	COLUMBIA	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rustler Construction Inc.	UPPER MARLBORO	83 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Medifast Inc- Ridgely	Ridgely	199 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Medifast Inc. MDC	Ridgely	163 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hanover Foods Ridgely	Ridgely	56 FTE
NAT-TCR	Augustana Mpls Care Center 012	Minneapolis, MN	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Greenbough Health and Rehabilitation Center	Clarksdale, MS	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bethlehem Haven	Pittsburgh, PA	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cutrale Citrus Leesburg	Leesburg, FL	5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Pratt Recycling Conyers MRF	Conyers, GA	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alamo Structural Steel-Waco Plant	Waco, TX	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Greenbriar Treatment Center	Washington, PA	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Android Industries- Greenville	Piedmont, SC	83 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.