Baked goods (except bread, bread-type rolls), frozen, manufacturing · Texas

Plant 2

China Grove, TX · ~233 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plant 2 runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Baked goods (except bread, bread-type rolls), frozen, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Plant 2: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Baked goods (except bread, bread-type rolls), frozen, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plant 2 safety composite

Plant 2 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

Plant 2: 2.8 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2020

Plant 2's TCR rose 2.6 from 2.8 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311813 · China Grove, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO Lawler Foods, Ltd.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 77 inj
  • SIZE ~233 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lawler Foods, Ltd. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Plant 2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plant 2 averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Baked goods (except bread, bread-type rolls), frozen, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Plant 2 TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Plant 2 falls in its industry

94 Baked goods (except bread, bre establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Baked goods (except bread, bre employers in Texas.

Plant 2 (233 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 220 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Plant 2
Plant 2 (233 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 220 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Plant 2 has more employees than the Baked goods (except bread, bread-type ro median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2020 5.4 5.1 17 0 0
2019 8.3 7.6 25 1 0
2018 4.8 4.8 15 0 0
2017 4.2 4.2 12 0 0
2016 2.8 2.8 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311813 · TX · China Grove

94 Baked goods (except bread, bread-type rolls), frozen, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 4 employers in China Grove, TX · 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 Lawler Foods, Ltd. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diana's Bakery Agawam 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR J & J Snack Foods Corp 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bama Pie Ltd 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 7587 Hwy 75 South 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE CC Home Office 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Houston Service Center CP41 233 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8836-CPChem Sweeny 233 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lone Star Bakery Inc. Plant 2 326 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lone Star Bakery Inc. Plant 1 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant 1 289 FTE
NAT-TCR Meridian Brick-Michigan-Meridian 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 2 Coldstorage 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Marriott central park 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dougherty Brothers 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE SIGCO, Westbrook (Spiller) 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE Core-Mark Arizona Distribution Center 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1600 Motor Pkwy 233 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation 233 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.