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

Herr Foods Inc. 72

Seaford, DE · ~43 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Herr Foods Inc. 72 runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Herr Foods Inc. 72: 3.0 TCR = 138% of Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Herr Foods Inc. 72 safety composite

Herr Foods Inc. 72 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−8.0

2016→2021

Herr Foods Inc. 72 injury rate improved

Herr Foods Inc. 72's TCR fell 8.0 from 8.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Seaford, DE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P45
  • PHOTO Yakima bin EmpWorkCt…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Yakima bin EmpWorkCtrCd 30001933 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Herr Foods Inc. 72 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Herr Foods Inc. 72 averages 3.0 TCR (138% 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. 72 TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Herr Foods Inc. 72 falls in its industry

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

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Herr Foods Inc. 72 (43 employees, TCR 3.0) 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. 72
Herr Foods Inc. 72 (43 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Herr Foods Inc. 72 has fewer employees than the Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant whol median and a higher 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 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.9 7.9 3 0 0
2016 8.0 8.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · DE · Seaford

773 Chips (e.g., corn, potato) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 55 employers in Seaford, 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 Yakima bin EmpWorkCtrCd 30001933 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MOUNT KISCO 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thayer Distribution 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 49441E - N PALM SPRINGS 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Accurate Insulation #859 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Steel, Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alstom 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sharp Georgetown 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nanticoke Memorial Hospital 880 FTE
CITY-NEAR TidalHealth Nanticoke 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2460 358 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2460 352 FTE
NAT-TCR Metro Shore Services - Seattle 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Darigold Lynden Plant 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Microsoft Exec Brief 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR California Center for the Arts, Escondido 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Herr Foods Inc. 64 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pelham Parkway 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Cruise SF 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCP-Main 43 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.

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