Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Pearson Foods

Grand Rapids, MI · ~161 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pearson Foods runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Pearson Foods: 2.0 TCR = 91% of Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pearson Foods safety composite

Pearson Foods scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−6.9

2020→2024

Pearson Foods injury rate improved

Pearson Foods's TCR fell 6.9 from 7.7 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.7 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.0 · 91% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO 7175_16265
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~161 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 7175_16265 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pearson Foods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pearson Foods averages 2.0 TCR (91% of the Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Pearson Foods TCR series: 2020=7.7 · 2021=0.1 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Pearson Foods falls in its industry

369 Produce, fresh, merchant whole establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Produce, fresh, merchant whole employers in Michigan.

Pearson Foods (161 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 Pearson Foods
Pearson Foods (161 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Pearson Foods has more employees than the Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 0.8 0.8 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.4 1.4 3 0 0
2021 0.1 0.1 0 23 0
2020 7.7 7.7 0 16 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · MI · Grand Rapids

369 Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, MI · 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 7175_16265 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florida Agripower Associates, LLC. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omaha 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR J.P. Sullivan and Co 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bay City SC 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schnittker (MI) 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE DHE Plumbing & Mechanical 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE 855 - Fresh Assembly 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Pulaski Plant 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Teledyne Analytical Instruments 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kramski North America Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR K.K. Stevens Publishing Co. 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE TownHomes LLC 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE BLT Management LLC 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Vineland 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crossville Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 161 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, 2021, 2020. 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.