Grocery stores · Ohio

Salem Sparkle

Salem, OH · ~33 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Salem Sparkle runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Salem Sparkle: 3.9 TCR = 115% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Salem Sparkle safety composite

Salem Sparkle scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.8

2017→2023

Salem Sparkle injury rate improved

Salem Sparkle's TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.8 · 2018=11.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Salem, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 115% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #466/748
  • PHOTO 660-00056
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 660-00056 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Salem Sparkle in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Salem Sparkle averages 3.9 TCR (115% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Salem Sparkle TCR series: 2017=3.8 · 2018=11.8 · 2020=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Salem Sparkle falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #466 safest of 748 Grocery stores employers in Ohio.

Salem Sparkle (33 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Salem Sparkle
Salem Sparkle (33 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Salem Sparkle has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 11.8 0.0 3 0 0
2017 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · OH · Salem

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 70 employers in Salem, OH · 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 660-00056 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6365-20500002-499 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 99 Ranch Market, #71 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2050-470 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Two Men and a Truck- Sharonville 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tiffin Rehabilitation Center 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buckeye Fabricating Company 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Symphony at Olmstead Falls 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Salem LLC 751 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresh Mark Salem 729 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salem Community Hospital 689 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2910 364 FTE
NAT-TCR Day West Liberty Subaru 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR IAM Concord, NC 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Max Rieke & Brothers, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Luther Brookdale Toyota 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mantel Machine Products, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pennsylvania - Royal Chemical 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sadler Electric, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Agri-World Cooperative 33 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: 2023, 2020, 2018, 2017. 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.