Supermarkets · New Jersey

Shoprite of Wharton #487

Wharton, NJ · ~309 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shoprite of Wharton #487 runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Supermarkets workplace, earning a grade D.

Shoprite of Wharton #487: 4.5 TCR = 132% of Supermarkets BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shoprite of Wharton #487 safety composite

Shoprite of Wharton #487 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Shoprite of Wharton #487: 3.9 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2017

Shoprite of Wharton #487's TCR rose 1.3 from 3.9 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Wharton, NJ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 132% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #250/746
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 137
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~309 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 137 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shoprite of Wharton #487 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shoprite of Wharton #487 averages 4.5 TCR (132% of the Supermarkets BLS benchmark).

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

Shoprite of Wharton #487 TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=5.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Shoprite of Wharton #487 falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #250 safest of 746 Supermarkets employers in New Jersey.

Shoprite of Wharton #487 (309 employees, TCR 4.5) 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Shoprite of Wharton #487
Shoprite of Wharton #487 (309 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Shoprite of Wharton #487 has more employees than the Supermarkets 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
2017 5.1 5.1 12 0 0
2016 3.9 3.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NJ · Wharton

30,654 Supermarkets 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 The Fresh Market 137 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chiquita Food Market 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10746 Ideal Market Denver 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Price Chopper #200 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONCRETE SYSTEMS INC 309 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rotor CLip Company Inc. 309 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shoprite of Bayville 309 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shoprite of Lacey 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dimensional Merchandising Inc. 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shoprite of Wharton 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR Refresco Wharton 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0315 - WHARTON NJ WHSE 266 FTE
NAT-TCR Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR UGN-Valparaiso 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyster-Yale Sulligent Plant 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Darling Ingredients 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Staunton (Vasta) 309 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Windsor (Nywin) 309 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2073-EJ-20730192-FO 309 FTE
NAT-SIZE P300 309 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: 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.