Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers · Iowa
Loffredo Fresh Foods
Des Moines, IA · ~116 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Loffredo Fresh Foods runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Loffredo Fresh Foods: 6.2 TCR = 280% of Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Loffredo Fresh Foods safety composite
Loffredo Fresh Foods scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% 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
Loffredo Fresh Foods: 6.8 → 7.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2023
Loffredo Fresh Foods's TCR rose 0.5 from 6.8 in 2021 to 7.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424480 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 280% of ind
- DART 7.3 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO 7175_16267
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~116 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 7175_16267 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Loffredo Fresh Foods in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Loffredo Fresh Foods
6.2 TCR
- 7175_16267
7175_16267
6.2 TCR
- PP3 - Clevelan
PP3 - Cleveland
6.2 TCR
- MC Produce, LL
MC Produce, LLC dba McCartney Produce
6.2 TCR
- Frank Gargiulo
Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc.
6.1 TCR
What this shows Loffredo Fresh Foods averages 6.2 TCR (280% of the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Loffredo Fresh Foods TCR series: 2021=6.8 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=7.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Loffredo Fresh Foods falls in its industry
369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b employers in Iowa.
Loffredo Fresh Foods has more employees than the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424480 · IA · Des Moines
369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, 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 | 7175_16267 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PP3 - Cleveland | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Frank Gargiulo & Son, Inc. | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MC Produce, LLC dba McCartney Produce | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Knife River Midwest | 116 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Camso Manufacturing USA, Ltd. | 116 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hydrite - Waterloo IA | 116 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2807-1712 | 116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Center | 6,292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines | 4,884 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MercyOne Des Moines | 3,547 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Des Moines Methodist Hospital | 3,495 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Uptown/157 | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Denver Store | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Diversified Foundations, LLC (DBA) Diversified Excavation | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Xtreme Elements LLC | 116 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlanta Corporate Office | 116 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Horsburgh & Scott Co. - Main Plant | 116 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Grand Traverse Container-GR | 116 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.