Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant wholesalers · New Jersey

Herr Foods Inc 61

Somerset, NJ · ~41 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Herr Foods Inc 61 runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Herr Foods Inc 61: 2.2 TCR = 101% of Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Herr Foods Inc 61 safety composite

Herr Foods Inc 61 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

2016→2021

Herr Foods Inc 61 injury rate improved

Herr Foods Inc 61's TCR fell 5.4 from 5.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Somerset, NJ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.2 · 101% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/24
  • PHOTO 44531G - KING'S MOUN…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 44531G - KING'S MOUNTAIN PEC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Herr Foods Inc 61 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Herr Foods Inc 61 averages 2.2 TCR (101% of the Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Herr Foods Inc 61 TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Herr Foods Inc 61 falls in its industry

773 Chips (e.g., corn, potato) mer establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 24 Chips (e.g., corn, potato) mer employers in New Jersey.

Herr Foods Inc 61 (41 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Herr Foods Inc 61
Herr Foods Inc 61 (41 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Herr Foods Inc 61 has fewer employees than the Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant whol median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2017 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2016 5.4 5.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · NJ · Somerset

773 Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 134 employers in Somerset, NJ · 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 44531G - KING'S MOUNTAIN PEC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR HERR FOODS INC 62 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CORINTH 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 44361B - GAINSVILLE FL GES PEC 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Swimming River Treatment Plant 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 60 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE RC Andersen LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mcr office 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catalent 4,825 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - TEB9 2,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR PIM Brands 682 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 642 FTE
NAT-TCR Agility Fuel Solutions - Salisbury 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Indiana University Health Tipton Hospital 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SCF 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Office 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hotel 5 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Michigan Ave 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Automotive Eng Center 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wisconsin Bldg - Windsor 41 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.