Grocery stores · New Jersey

Shoprite of Wharton

Wharton, NJ · ~315 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shoprite of Wharton runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Shoprite of Wharton: 4.6 TCR = 135% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shoprite of Wharton safety composite

Shoprite of Wharton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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: 3.3 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.34× in 2024

Shoprite of Wharton's TCR rose 2.9 from 3.3 in 2022 to 6.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.34× 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 4.6 · 135% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #255/746
  • PHOTO Trader Joe's 0281 Ca…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~315 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0281 Carson City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shoprite of Wharton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shoprite of Wharton averages 4.6 TCR (135% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Shoprite of Wharton TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Shoprite of Wharton falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 51% 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 #255 safest of 746 Grocery stores employers in New Jersey.

Shoprite of Wharton (315 employees, TCR 4.6) 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
Shoprite of Wharton (315 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Shoprite of Wharton has more 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
2024 6.2 6.2 16 0 0
2023 4.3 4.3 11 0 0
2022 3.3 1.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NJ · Wharton

30,654 Grocery stores 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 Trader Joe's 0281 Carson City 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR El Bodegon Grocery #6 Inc 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0533 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1595 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bentley 315 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bergen Logistics--5903 315 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0306 - CLIFTON NJ WHSE 315 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - MCO6 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dimensional Merchandising Inc. 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHOPRITE OF WHARTON #487 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR Refresco Wharton 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0315 - WHARTON NJ WHSE 266 FTE
NAT-TCR Shoprite of Avenue I 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CCAG UROGYN Spine and Pain 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Raid Mgmt 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 8550 Upper Marlboro 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shriners Children's 315 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stratolaunch 315 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5120 Van Buren Rdc 315 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paloma Pressure Control 315 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.