General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Rhode Island

J Polep Distribution Services Providence

Providence, RI · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J Polep Distribution Services Providence runs at 950% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

J Polep Distribution Services Providence: 20.9 TCR = 950% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J Polep Distribution Services Providence safety composite

J Polep Distribution Services Providence scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 22.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

J Polep Distribution Services Providence: 19.8 → 22.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 22.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2017

J Polep Distribution Services Providence's TCR rose 2.3 from 19.8 in 2016 to 22.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Providence, RI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.9 · 950% of ind

  • DART 22.1 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Foodservice Twin Cit…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Foodservice Twin Cities - 0557 (0.1 TCR gap)

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J Polep Distribution Services Providence in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J Polep Distribution Services Providence averages 20.9 TCR (950% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

J Polep Distribution Services Providence TCR series: 2016=19.8 · 2017=22.1 · BLS 2.2

Where J Polep Distribution Services Providence falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Rhode Island alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 General-line groceries merchan employers in Rhode Island.

J Polep Distribution Services Providence (23 employees, TCR 20.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate J Polep Distribution Services Providence
J Polep Distribution Services Providence (23 employees, TCR 20.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

J Polep Distribution Services Providence has fewer employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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
2017 22.1 22.1 5 0 0
2016 19.8 19.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · RI · Providence

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,610 rated employers in Rhode Island with headcount on file · 209 employers in Providence, RI · 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 Foodservice Twin Cities - 0557 20.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MI-CLINT02 20.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SYSCO ACADIANA fka DOERLE FOOD SERVICES, A DIVISION OF SYSCO USA II, LLC 20.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sysco Pittsburgh 20.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE NE GAS ALLENS-RI05 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE E. Providence, RI 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Patrick J McKenna Roofing, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE TK Elevator Lincoln 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rhode Island Hospital 7,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point32Health Providence 4,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Miriam Hospital 3,204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Women & Infants Hospital 2,195 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Burbank - Parks and Recreation - Landscape Maintenance II (Park) 20.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0517 20.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Waste Management - Solid Waste 20.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mct, Inc. 20.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tishler Industries Incorporated 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE TPC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0614 - Yuba City, Ca 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0533 - Yakima, Wa 23 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.