General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · New York
Palmer Food Services
Rochester, NY · ~258 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Palmer Food Services runs at 396% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Palmer Food Services: 8.7 TCR = 396% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Palmer Food Services safety composite
Palmer Food Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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
Palmer Food Services: 7.2 → 11.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 11.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2024
Palmer Food Services's TCR rose 4.2 from 7.2 in 2017 to 11.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424410 · Rochester, NY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 396% of ind
- DART 10.4 DART
- RANK #47/72
- PHOTO Performance Arizona …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 153 inj
- SIZE ~258 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Performance Arizona - 1012 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Palmer Food Services in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Palmer Food Services
8.7 TCR
- Performance Ar
Performance Arizona - 1012
8.7 TCR
- US Foods Rhode
US Foods Rhode Island
8.7 TCR
- US Foods Roano
US Foods Roanoke
8.7 TCR
- Sysco San Dieg
Sysco San Diego, Inc
8.7 TCR
What this shows Palmer Food Services averages 8.7 TCR (396% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Palmer Food Services TCR series: 2017=7.2 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=9.4 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=11.5 · BLS 2.2
Where Palmer Food Services falls in its industry
1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 72 General-line groceries merchan employers in New York.
Palmer Food Services has more employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424410 · NY · Rochester
1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 956 employers in Rochester, NY · 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 | Performance Arizona - 1012 | 8.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | US Foods Rhode Island | 8.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | US Foods Roanoke | 8.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sysco San Diego, Inc | 8.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MSW | 258 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FAGE USA Dairy Industry Inc. | 258 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ascent Pharmaceuticals | 258 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MKS Rochester Highpower | 258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Division 50 University of Rochester | 13,244 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rochester General Hospital | 7,833 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Division 40 University of Rochester | 4,884 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Unity Hospital | 3,158 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Dorel Home Furnishings | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Madison West | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ABF Freight 102 | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Quality Life Services Chicora | 8.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Union League Club of Chicago | 258 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vernay Manufacturing, Inc. | 258 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | New Consolidated Management Group | 258 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Euclid Cleveland | 258 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.