General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Pennsylvania

John Gross and Company

Mechanicsburg, PA · ~110 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

John Gross and Company runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

John Gross and Company: 1.9 TCR = 89% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

John Gross and Company safety composite

John Gross and Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−1.7

2018→2023

John Gross and Company injury rate improved

John Gross and Company's TCR fell 1.7 from 3.4 in 2018 to 1.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Mechanicsburg, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 89% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #11/84
  • PHOTO United Natural Foods…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Natural Foods INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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John Gross and Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows John Gross and Company averages 1.9 TCR (89% 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

John Gross and Company TCR series: 2018=3.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=1 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.7 · BLS 2.2

Where John Gross and Company falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 84 General-line groceries merchan employers in Pennsylvania.

John Gross and Company (110 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate John Gross and Company
John Gross and Company (110 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

John Gross and Company has fewer employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a lower 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
2023 1.7 1.7 2 0 0
2022 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2021 3.9 3.9 4 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.4 3.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · PA · Mechanicsburg

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 219 employers in Mechanicsburg, PA · 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 United Natural Foods INC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Restaurant Depot 559 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Denver DSD Facility 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lyons Specialty Co, LLC 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kennett Square - Power HQ 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE A. Liberoni,Inc. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Power Services - Exelon, Peach Bottom Station 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg PA 2,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR EFC3 740 FTE
CITY-NEAR HARRISBURG (PAMBG) 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR PAMBG - HARRISBURG 606 FTE
NAT-TCR JANCOA Janitorial Services, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Chestnut Health Systems Northgate 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Axium Chicago 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodlawn Svc Ctr 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minneapolis Roofing 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Commerce, Community & Economic Development (2) 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tyler PP Operations, LLC 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Findlay Automotive of Utah Imc 110 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.