General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Rhode Island

J Polep Providence

Providence, RI · ~24 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J Polep Providence runs at 1066% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

J Polep Providence: 23.5 TCR = 1066% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J Polep Providence safety composite

J Polep Providence scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 21.83 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.0

2018→2024

J Polep Providence injury rate improved

J Polep Providence's TCR fell 5.0 from 30.4 in 2018 to 25.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 34.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=30.4 · 2019=25.2 · 2020=10.3 · 2022=34.2 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=25.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 23.5 · 1066% of ind

  • DART 21.8 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO The Chefs' Warehouse…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Chefs' Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC-Gibbstown, NJ (0.4 TCR gap)

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J Polep Providence in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J Polep Providence averages 23.5 TCR (1066% 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 Providence TCR series: 2018=30.4 · 2019=25.2 · 2020=10.3 · 2022=34.2 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=25.5 · BLS 2.2

Where J Polep Providence falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #6 safest of 6 General-line groceries merchan employers in Rhode Island.

J Polep Providence (24 employees, TCR 23.5) 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 Providence
J Polep Providence (24 employees, TCR 23.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

J Polep 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
2024 25.5 21.8 7 0 0
2023 15.2 11.4 4 0 0
2022 34.2 28.5 6 0 0
2020 10.3 10.3 3 0 0
2019 25.2 25.2 7 0 0
2018 30.4 30.4 6 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 The Chefs' Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC-Gibbstown, NJ 23.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FL-ORLAN01 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tops Frozen Distribution Center 22.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MD-ABERD01 22.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE RI Mushroom Co. 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rhode Island State Energy Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE RP Iannuccillo & Sons Const Co 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Safety Marking Inc. Rhode Island Shop 24 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 Trader Joe's 0724 Bloomington 23.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Paradigm Building Contractors 23.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Smith & Enright Landscaping, Inc 23.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0023 San Diego 23.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cross Town Movers 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miller's Senior Living Community 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vasquez Construction Company 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE La Quinta Del Sol - TGC 24 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, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.