General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers · Ohio

Sofo Foods of Ohio

Toledo, OH · ~430 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sofo Foods of Ohio runs at 267% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Sofo Foods of Ohio: 5.9 TCR = 267% of General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sofo Foods of Ohio safety composite

Sofo Foods of Ohio scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−1.2

2016→2024

Sofo Foods of Ohio injury rate improved

Sofo Foods of Ohio's TCR fell 1.2 from 7.4 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.4 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Toledo, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 267% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #37/54
  • PHOTO Ferraro Foods of New…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 76 inj
  • SIZE ~430 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ferraro Foods of New York, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sofo Foods of Ohio in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sofo Foods of Ohio averages 5.9 TCR (267% of the General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Sofo Foods of Ohio TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Sofo Foods of Ohio falls in its industry

1,651 General Line Grocery Merchant establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 54 General Line Grocery Merchant employers in Ohio.

Sofo Foods of Ohio (430 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sofo Foods of Ohio
Sofo Foods of Ohio (430 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Sofo Foods of Ohio has more employees than the General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesaler median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 6.3 5.1 22 0 0
2023 3.6 2.7 12 0 0
2022 6.3 4.4 20 0 0
2016 7.4 6.8 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · OH · Toledo

1,651 General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 551 employers in Toledo, 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 Ferraro Foods of New York, LLC 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GLOBAL DISTRIBUTORS 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR M. J. Kellner Co., Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vistar Liberty-AZ - 1061 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zanesville Manufacturing Facility - KNA 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE Takumi Stamping Inc 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Step2 Company Inc, LLC - Streetsboro, OH Site 430 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2098 430 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Assembly Complex 5,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Toledo Hospital 5,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Hospital 4,912 FTE
CITY-NEAR Promedica Downtown Headquarters 3,308 FTE
NAT-TCR CertainTeed 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR IT Landes 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR BelGioioso Cheese - Vine Road 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR D1630 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Somerset Hills YMCA 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE CAR-FRESHNER Corporation 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lccb 1l17 Philadelphia Distribution Ctr 430 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0000000004 Skilled Nursing Center 430 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, 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.