Ice cream manufacturing · Connecticut

HP Hood Ice Cream Division

Suffield, CT · ~91 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HP Hood Ice Cream Division runs at 285% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ice cream manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

HP Hood Ice Cream Division: 9.4 TCR = 285% of Ice cream manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HP Hood Ice Cream Division safety composite

HP Hood Ice Cream Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−5.0

2016→2024

HP Hood Ice Cream Division injury rate improved

HP Hood Ice Cream Division's TCR fell 5.0 from 15.2 in 2016 to 10.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.2 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=16.2 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=9.7 · 2024=10.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311520 · Suffield, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 285% of ind

  • DART 8.4 DART
  • RANK P14
  • PHOTO 80640-ICE CREAM PLAN…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 80640-ICE CREAM PLANT-SA (0.2 TCR gap)

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HP Hood Ice Cream Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HP Hood Ice Cream Division averages 9.4 TCR (285% of the Ice cream manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

HP Hood Ice Cream Division TCR series: 2016=15.2 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=16.2 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=9.7 · 2024=10.3 · BLS 3.3

Where HP Hood Ice Cream Division falls in its industry

111 Ice cream manufacturing establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
HP Hood Ice Cream Division (91 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 139 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate HP Hood Ice Cream Division
HP Hood Ice Cream Division (91 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 139 employees and a TCR of 4.8

HP Hood Ice Cream Division has fewer employees than the Ice cream manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2024 10.3 8.4 9 2 0
2021 9.7 9.7 9 0 0
2020 6.7 5.6 6 0 0
2019 16.2 13.7 12 1 0
2018 5.1 5.1 4 0 0
2017 2.7 2.7 2 0 0
2016 15.2 10.9 10 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311520 · CT · Suffield

111 Ice cream manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 24 employers in Suffield, CT · 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 80640-ICE CREAM PLANT-SA 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eugene OR Plant 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norfolk IC 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR House of Flavors Ludington 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clinton Nurseries 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leed Himmel Industries 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Click Bond CT 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution 645 FTE
CITY-NEAR Suffield Manor Incorporated 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR CS Wholesale Grocers : Suffield, CT (GDC) 203 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kongsberg Automotive 179 FTE
NAT-TCR Wheatfield Commons 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Seacole-CRC, LLC 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Finney County Freezer 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn & Suites San Luis Obispo 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE EPPA Mercy Hospital 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Maine Maritime Academy 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE S06655 - WM of NY Buffalo West Seneca 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE S09489 - WM Indian River County 91 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: 2024, 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.