Sandwiches, fresh (i.e., assembled and packaged for wholesale market), manufacturing · Massachusetts
Rachaels Food Corp
Chicopee, MA · ~109 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Rachaels Food Corp runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sandwiches, fresh (i.e., assembled and packaged for wholesale market), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Rachaels Food Corp: 7.1 TCR = 173% of Sandwiches, fresh (i.e., assembled and packaged for wholesale market), manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Rachaels Food Corp safety composite
Rachaels Food Corp scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% 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%).
Rachaels Food Corp held a steady TCR band
Rachaels Food Corp's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.9 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.9 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=21.9 · 2019=7.3 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311991 · Chicopee, MA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 7.1 · 173% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #8/11
- PHOTO No Evil Foods LLC
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~109 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: No Evil Foods LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Rachaels Food Corp in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Rachaels Food Corp
7.1 TCR
- No Evil Foods
No Evil Foods LLC
7.1 TCR
- Herold's Salad
Herold's Salads, Inc.
7.1 TCR
- Nature Soy Hol
Nature Soy Holdings - Folcroft
7.1 TCR
- Freshly
Freshly
7.1 TCR
What this shows Rachaels Food Corp averages 7.1 TCR (173% of the Sandwiches, fresh (i.e., assembled and packaged for wholesale market), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Rachaels Food Corp TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=21.9 · 2019=7.3 · 2022=7.5 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 4.1
Where Rachaels Food Corp falls in its industry
376 Sandwiches, fresh (i.e., assem establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Sandwiches, fresh (i.e., assem employers in Massachusetts.
Rachaels Food Corp has fewer employees than the Sandwiches, fresh (i.e., assembled and p median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 21.9 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311991 · MA · Chicopee
376 Sandwiches, fresh (i.e., assembled and packaged for wholesale market), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 104 employers in Chicopee, MA · 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 | No Evil Foods LLC | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Herold's Salads, Inc. | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nature Soy Holdings - Folcroft | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Freshly | 7.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Electronic Environments Co | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Acorda Therapeutics | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | B&E Tool Company | 109 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BD Medical | 109 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MA-04 | 4,429 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Consumer Product Distributors LLC dba J Polep Distribution Services | 774 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | J Polep Distribution Services | 686 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5278 | 526 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Beckman and Gast Co. | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lombardi Development Company, Inc. | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vincent Tool Technologies Corp | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | UMPleasantHill949 | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | March-Westin Company, Inc | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SICPA Securink Corp. | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Reynolds | 109 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Midtown Business Center | 109 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.