Food service contractors, cafeteria · Virginia

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe

Smithfield, VA · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Food service contractors, cafeteria workplace, earning a grade B.

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe: 1.6 TCR = 54% of Food service contractors, cafeteria BLS 3.0 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe safety composite

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.9

2016→2018

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe injury rate improved

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe's TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Smithfield, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #53/212
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT AUGUSTA UN…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY JSAC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe averages 1.6 TCR (54% of the Food service contractors, cafeteria BLS benchmark).

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

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe falls in its industry

6,952 Food service contractors, cafe establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 212 Food service contractors, cafe employers in Virginia.

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe (23 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe
Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe (23 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Liberty Food Service - SM Cafe has fewer employees than the Food service contractors, cafeteria median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.9 4.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · VA · Smithfield

6,952 Food service contractors, cafeteria employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 34 employers in Smithfield, VA · 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 SODEXO AT AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY JSAC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT MUSIC CITY CENTER 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR KIMBERLY AREA SD 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pace Pleasnt Eat 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Seamans Orchard LC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Short Mountain Orchard Contractors, LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ayrshire Farm 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE George's Broadway Hatchery 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield 1,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods Corporate Offices/Exec/Annex/Fin/Eng/Corp/SptSvs 471 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Corporate Admin 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods Corporate Offices Exec/Annex/Fin/Eng/ 152 FTE
NAT-TCR Rivers Electrical Corp. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Belden Tup 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Gayesco-Wika Lp 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Colgate Tennessee 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE JSTGrocers LLC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wholesale Building Products Jacksonville 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richfield Shop and Admin Office 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE KCB Services, LLC 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: 2018, 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.