Frozen soups (except seafood) manufacturing · Iowa

KraftHeinz

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~275 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KraftHeinz runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Frozen soups (except seafood) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

KraftHeinz: 5.1 TCR = 154% of Frozen soups (except seafood) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KraftHeinz safety composite

KraftHeinz scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−3.3

2019→2020

KraftHeinz injury rate improved

KraftHeinz's TCR fell 3.3 from 6.7 in 2019 to 3.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.7 · 2020=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311412 · Cedar Rapids, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 154% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO UPC Malvern LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~275 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UPC Malvern LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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KraftHeinz in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KraftHeinz averages 5.1 TCR (154% of the Frozen soups (except seafood) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KraftHeinz TCR series: 2019=6.7 · 2020=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where KraftHeinz falls in its industry

274 Frozen soups (except seafood) establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Frozen soups (except seafood) employers in Iowa.

KraftHeinz (275 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 201 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate KraftHeinz
KraftHeinz (275 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 201 employees and a TCR of 4.0

KraftHeinz has more employees than the Frozen soups (except seafood) manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2020 3.4 2.9 5 1 0
2019 6.7 4.8 18 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311412 · IA · Cedar Rapids

274 Frozen soups (except seafood) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, IA · 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 UPC Malvern LLC 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amy's Kitchen 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Request Foods Quincy Street Plant 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BETTER BAKED FOODS/WESTFIELD 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cloverleaf Cold Storage-Plant 1 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE MVRBC - Davenport 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unity Point Health Trinity Muscatine 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHC 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) 6,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave 6,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRST EXPEDITED INC 3,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Methodist Hospital 2,949 FTE
NAT-TCR S&S Concrete Floors, Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dura Automotive Systems, LLC 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard by Marriott 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Jefferson Hills Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Meijer Store 42 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Sonesta Chase Park Plaza 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eggs - Lake Odessa MI 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Volunteer Behavioral Health Care Services-Athens Hiwassee 275 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: 2020, 2019. 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.