Meats and meat products (except canned, packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers · North Carolina
Southern Foods
Greensboro, NC · ~140 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southern Foods runs at 367% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Meats and meat products (except canned, packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Southern Foods: 8.1 TCR = 367% of Meats and meat products (except canned, packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Southern Foods safety composite
Southern Foods scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% 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
−1.9
2020→2022
Southern Foods injury rate improved
Southern Foods's TCR fell 1.9 from 8.3 in 2020 to 6.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=8.3 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=6.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424470 · Greensboro, NC ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 367% of ind
- DART 6.5 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Distro & Steak Room
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~140 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Distro & Steak Room (0.0 TCR gap)
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Southern Foods in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Buckhead Meat
Buckhead Meat & Seafood - Edison
8.2 TCR
- Forest Park
Forest Park
8.2 TCR
- This site
Southern Foods
8.1 TCR
- Distro & Steak
Distro & Steak Room
8.1 TCR
- Melotte Distri
Melotte Distributing Denmark warehouse
7.9 TCR
What this shows Southern Foods averages 8.1 TCR (367% of the Meats and meat products (except canned, packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Southern Foods TCR series: 2020=8.3 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=6.5 · BLS 2.2
Where Southern Foods falls in its industry
162 Meats and meat products (excep establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Meats and meat products (excep employers in North Carolina.
Southern Foods has more employees than the Meats and meat products (except canned, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424470 · NC · Greensboro
162 Meats and meat products (except canned, packaged frozen) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 920 employers in Greensboro, NC · 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 | Distro & Steak Room | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Buckhead Meat & Seafood - Edison | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Forest Park | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Melotte Distributing Denmark warehouse | 7.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bernhard MCC L.L.C. RNC | 140 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Carolina Air Conditioning | 140 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6921-05000 | 140 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ATEX Technologies Inc | 140 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MHCMH-Cone-Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital | 3,806 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Guilford County Local Government - All Employees | 3,270 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Guilford County Local Government | 3,194 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NCGRE - GREENSBORO HUB | 2,447 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 4795-AA-OMA-OMAHA-OMA-TRML | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Superior Grocers #146 | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 052202-Dinuba Po | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 482225-Dal-Preston Sta | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 048 Texas Health Urgent Care | 140 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | EMT International | 140 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABC INOAC Exterior Systems | 140 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Henkel US Operations Corporation | 140 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.