Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers · Ohio

NICKLES-LIMA

Lima, OH · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NICKLES-LIMA runs at 389% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

NICKLES-LIMA: 8.6 TCR = 389% of Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NICKLES-LIMA safety composite

NICKLES-LIMA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−3.0

2016→2019

NICKLES-LIMA injury rate improved

NICKLES-LIMA's TCR fell 3.0 from 13.1 in 2016 to 10.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.1 · 2017=11.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=10.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Lima, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 389% of ind

  • DART 10.1 DART
  • RANK #56/68
  • PHOTO OAKHILL WV
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OAKHILL WV (0.0 TCR gap)

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NICKLES-LIMA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NICKLES-LIMA averages 8.6 TCR (389% of the Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

NICKLES-LIMA TCR series: 2016=13.1 · 2017=11 · 2018=0 · 2019=10.1 · BLS 2.2

Where NICKLES-LIMA falls in its industry

1,278 Bakery products (except frozen establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 68 Bakery products (except frozen employers in Ohio.

NICKLES-LIMA (22 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate NICKLES-LIMA
NICKLES-LIMA (22 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

NICKLES-LIMA has fewer employees than the Bakery products (except frozen) merchant median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2019 10.1 10.1 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 11.0 11.0 3 0 0
2016 13.1 13.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · OH · Lima

1,278 Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 243 employers in Lima, OH · 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 OAKHILL WV 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walker Branch 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR KNOXVILLE TN 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BUSA - Denver-Dist 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agri-Med OH LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rapid Ford Farm 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pheasant Run 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lucasville Farm 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center 2,540 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Rita's Medical Center 2,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Ritas Medical Center 2,445 FTE
CITY-NEAR LIMA ENGINE 1,457 FTE
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0019 0285 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort & Spa 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MeadowBrook of Granby 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brittany Maids 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 162 Tulsa, OK (RDC) 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 201 Aspen Airport Business Ctr 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE PALATKA 200 N. 3rd Street 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE S05436 - WM Mercer County Transfer 22 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.