Fruit sorting, grading, and packing · Wisconsin

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc

Babcock, WI · ~45 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fruit sorting, grading, and packing workplace, earning a grade D.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc: 6.6 TCR = 146% of Fruit sorting, grading, and packing BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc safety composite

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−3.4

2016→2020

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc injury rate improved

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc's TCR fell 3.4 from 9.9 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.9 · 2018=3.4 · 2020=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Babcock, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 146% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #12/16
  • PHOTO Red Diamond Cooling,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Red Diamond Cooling, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc averages 6.6 TCR (146% of the Fruit sorting, grading, and packing BLS benchmark).

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

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc TCR series: 2016=9.9 · 2018=3.4 · 2020=6.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc falls in its industry

666 Fruit sorting, grading, and pa establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Fruit sorting, grading, and pa employers in Wisconsin.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc (45 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc (45 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc has fewer employees than the Fruit sorting, grading, and packing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2020 6.5 2.2 3 0 0
2018 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2016 9.9 5.0 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · WI · Babcock

666 Fruit sorting, grading, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 3 employers in Babcock, WI · 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 Red Diamond Cooling, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dresick Farms, Inc - Cooler 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Klink Citrus Association 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mother Earth, LLC 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Denmark Dairy LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plover #205 Farms 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Babcock, WI Receiving Station 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Materials- Crushing Brownsville 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Babcock Receiving 43 FTE
NAT-TCR HDI Landing Gear USA Springfield Site 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Micaville 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brian Center Health & Rehabilitation/Hendersonville 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 1725 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mt Storm Power Station 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manchester Univ 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Electronics, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE F&B Landscaping 45 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: 2020, 2018, 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.