Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Peterson Farms Fresh

Shelby, MI · ~272 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Peterson Farms Fresh runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Peterson Farms Fresh: 3.3 TCR = 148% of Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Peterson Farms Fresh safety composite

Peterson Farms Fresh scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−2.3

2016→2024

Peterson Farms Fresh injury rate improved

Peterson Farms Fresh's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.7 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Shelby, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 148% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO Chefs' Produce Dalla…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 66 inj
  • SIZE ~272 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chefs' Produce Dallas Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Peterson Farms Fresh in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Peterson Farms Fresh averages 3.3 TCR (148% of the Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Peterson Farms Fresh TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=4 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Peterson Farms Fresh falls in its industry

369 Fruits, fresh, merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 73% 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 #4 safest of 9 Fruits, fresh, merchant wholes employers in Michigan.

Peterson Farms Fresh (272 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Peterson Farms Fresh
Peterson Farms Fresh (272 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Peterson Farms Fresh has more employees than the Fruits, 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 4.4 3.9 9 0 0
2023 2.1 1.7 5 0 0
2022 4.0 3.6 9 0 0
2021 3.6 2.1 10 0 0
2020 0.8 0.4 2 0 0
2019 0.8 0.0 2 0 0
2018 2.2 1.3 5 0 0
2017 4.8 4.8 11 0 0
2016 6.7 5.6 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · MI · Shelby

369 Fruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 15 employers in Shelby, 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 Chefs' Produce Dallas Inc 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR River Point Farms Fresh Pack 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CF Fresh Co. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gourmet Trading Company LA 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sebewaing Factory 272 FTE
STATE-SIZE Esys 272 FTE
STATE-SIZE Autokiniton Holland Plant 3 272 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gestamp 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DET2 1,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peterson Farms 444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Lakeshore Campus 233 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lutz Roofing Inc 194 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 006 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Marshalltown 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR L & M Enterprises dba Splitsville 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Winelco Inc 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Select Specialty Hospital - Orlando, Inc. (South Campus) 272 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0543 New York 272 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago - Clune Construction Company 272 FTE
NAT-SIZE Interior Installation Services 272 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.