Frozen food entrees (except seafood based), packaged, manufacturing · South Carolina

Nestle USA, Inc.

Name: Nestle USA, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Gaffney, SC · ~1,019 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Nestle USA, Inc. runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Frozen food entrees (except seafood based), packaged, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Nestle USA, Inc.: 0.7 TCR = 20% of Frozen food entrees (except seafood based), packaged, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nestle USA, Inc. safety composite

Nestle USA, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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

−0.4

2022→2024

Nestle USA, Inc. injury rate improved

Nestle USA, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 0.8 in 2022 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.8 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311412 · Gaffney, SC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 20% of ind

DART 0.1 DART
RANK #2/5
PHOTO Nestle Prepared Foods
BOOK 3y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~1,019 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nestle Prepared Foods (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Nestle USA, Inc. averages 0.7 TCR (20% of the Frozen food entrees (except seafood based), packaged, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Nestle USA, Inc. TCR series: 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Nestle USA, Inc. falls in its industry

274 Frozen food entrees (except se establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Frozen food entrees (except se employers in South Carolina.

Nestle USA, Inc. (1,019 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 201 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Nestle USA, Inc. has more employees than the Frozen food entrees (except seafood base median and a lower 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
2024	0.4	0.1	2	2
2023	0.7	0.1	4	3
2022	0.8	0.0	7	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311412 · SC · Gaffney

274 Frozen food entrees (except seafood based), packaged, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 68 employers in Gaffney, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Nestle Prepared Foods	SPRINGVILLE, UT	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mustang Custom Foods	DALLAS, TX	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nestle Prepared Frozen Foods	GAFFNEY, SC	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	US PL Medford	MEDFORD, WI	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Catawba Nuclear	YORK	1,019 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Trident Medical Center	NORTH CHARLESTON	1,015 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lancaster County Government	LANCASTER	1,009 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ruiz Food Products, Inc.	FLORENCE	1,034 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FCCC-- Main	Gaffney	929 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gaffney	Gaffney	426 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 638	Gaffney	353 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Boysen USA, LLC	Gaffney	323 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pierce Construction & Maintenance Co., Inc.	Petal, MS	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Winland Foods Milwaukee	Milwaukee, WI	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Raley's 100-Admin/Support	West Sacramento, CA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Placement Partners MN, Inc.	Edina, MN	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Maxton	Maxton, NC	1,019 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NBC Sports Group : Golf Channel Drive - Orlando, FL	Orlando, FL	1,019 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eminent Inc.	Cerritos, CA	1,020 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Community Care Partners	Asheville, NC	1,018 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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