Beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing · New Jersey
Refresco Wharton
Wharton, NJ · ~269 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Refresco Wharton runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Refresco Wharton: 6.3 TCR = 192% of Beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Refresco Wharton safety composite
Refresco Wharton scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% 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
−5.6
2018→2024
Refresco Wharton injury rate improved
Refresco Wharton's TCR fell 5.6 from 7.8 in 2018 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=7.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=10.0 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=2.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311421 · Wharton, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 192% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #11/11
- PHOTO HPP Food Services
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 126 inj
- SIZE ~269 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: HPP Food Services (0.0 TCR gap)
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Refresco Wharton in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Hausbeck Pickl
Hausbeck Pickle Company
6.4 TCR
- This site
Refresco Wharton
6.3 TCR
- HPP Food Servi
HPP Food Services
6.3 TCR
- Seneca Foods C
Seneca Foods Corporation
6.3 TCR
- BA-TAMPTE PICK
BA-TAMPTE PICKLE PRODUCTS, INC.
6.3 TCR
What this shows Refresco Wharton averages 6.3 TCR (192% of the Beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Refresco Wharton TCR series: 2018=7.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=10 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Refresco Wharton falls in its industry
330 Beverages, fruit and vegetable establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Beverages, fruit and vegetable employers in New Jersey.
Refresco Wharton has more employees than the Beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.0 | 3.5 | 19 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311421 · NJ · Wharton
330 Beverages, fruit and vegetable juice, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 12 employers in Wharton, NJ · 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 | HPP Food Services | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hausbeck Pickle Company | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seneca Foods Corporation | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BA-TAMPTE PICKLE PRODUCTS, INC. | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Eagle Creek Renewable Energy (Combined) | 269 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Impax Laboratories Inc. Middlesex | 269 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 269 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Celularity | 269 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dimensional Merchandising Inc. | 475 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shoprite of Wharton | 315 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SHOPRITE OF WHARTON #487 | 309 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0315 - WHARTON NJ WHSE | 266 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Majestic Metals, LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Belmont Village Scottsdale | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mary Greeley Medical Center- Israel Family Hospice House | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Precision Mechanical Inc. | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Cape Fear Valley Health System/Bladen County | 269 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | VMG Construction Inc | 269 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Swagelok Micro/Atlantic | 269 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PaperWorks Industries Baldwinville | 269 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.