Pickling fruits and vegetables · Connecticut

Norpaco, Inc.

Middletown, CT · ~148 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norpaco, Inc. runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pickling fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade F.

Norpaco, Inc.: 8.0 TCR = 243% of Pickling fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norpaco, Inc. safety composite

Norpaco, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Norpaco, Inc.: 8.4 → 9.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 10.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2022

Norpaco, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 8.4 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311421 · Middletown, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 243% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK P18
  • PHOTO Seneca Foods Corpora…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~148 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seneca Foods Corporation - Mayville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norpaco, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norpaco, Inc. averages 8.0 TCR (243% of the Pickling fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).

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

Norpaco, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.4 · 2018=6.9 · 2019=3 · 2020=10.5 · 2021=9.6 · 2022=9.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Norpaco, Inc. falls in its industry

330 Pickling fruits and vegetables establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Norpaco, Inc. (148 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Norpaco, Inc.
Norpaco, Inc. (148 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Norpaco, Inc. has more employees than the Pickling fruits and vegetables median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2022 9.7 8.3 14 0 0
2021 9.6 9.6 7 8 0
2020 10.5 9.7 10 4 0
2019 3.0 3.0 4 1 0
2018 6.9 6.9 6 4 0
2016 8.4 7.8 8 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311421 · CT · Middletown

330 Pickling fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 119 employers in Middletown, CT · 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 Seneca Foods Corporation - Mayville 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GLK Foods, LLC Shortsville 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Court St. Rd. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Del Monte Foods, Inc. Toppenish Plant 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Precision Resource, Inc. CT Division 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE IMH Group 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-2396 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0623 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pratt & Whitney Middletown 2,686 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDDLESEX HEALTH SYSTEM INC. 2,666 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-MIDD 1,435 FTE
CITY-NEAR Middletown Public Schools 1,105 FTE
NAT-TCR Sysco Denver 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Apex Construction Group, Inc. - Nevada 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR HG425 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0035-0035-02797 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE LNS Turbo Inc 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSSI - 0040 Tyson Foods Inc. - Sedalia 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE MicroMetl Corporation 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diversicare of Siena Woods 148 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.