Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries · Texas
Sterling Foods
San Antonio, TX · ~392 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sterling Foods runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade A.
Sterling Foods: 0.5 TCR = 16% of Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sterling Foods safety composite
Sterling Foods scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
77/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 99% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Sterling Foods: 0.3 → 1.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 1.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.46× in 2023
Sterling Foods's TCR rose 1.0 from 0.3 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311812 · San Antonio, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 16% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #2/47
- PHOTO NASHVILLE TN (POWELL…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~392 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NASHVILLE TN (POWELL PL) DEPOT (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sterling Foods in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- CHARLOTTE NC (
CHARLOTTE NC (INT'L AIRPORT DR) DEPOT
0.6 TCR
- Farm To Market
Farm To Market Bread Co.
0.6 TCR
- This site
Sterling Foods
0.5 TCR
- NASHVILLE TN (
NASHVILLE TN (POWELL PL) DEPOT
0.5 TCR
- Schwebels Corp
Schwebels Corporate Office
0.5 TCR
What this shows Sterling Foods averages 0.5 TCR (16% of the Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).
Sterling Foods TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2020=0 · 2023=1.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Sterling Foods falls in its industry
1,014 Bakery products, fresh (i.e., establishmentsSafer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 47 Bakery products, fresh (i.e., employers in Texas.
Sterling Foods has more employees than the Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cak median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311812 · TX · San Antonio
1,014 Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 2,207 employers in San Antonio, TX · 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 | NASHVILLE TN (POWELL PL) DEPOT | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schwebels Corporate Office | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CHARLOTTE NC (INT'L AIRPORT DR) DEPOT | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Farm To Market Bread Co. | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | STANTON TOWERS | 392 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bobcat Contracting LLC | 392 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SER Construction Partners, LLC | 392 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nucor Buildings Systems-Texas | 392 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bexar County Hospital District | 8,703 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Legend Oaks Health & Rehabilitation West San Antonio | 6,953 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ISS Facility Services Inc. | 6,177 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Buena Vida of San Antonio | 5,262 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | EVVLIN95 | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Adult and Alternative Learning Center | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Importers Service Corp | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Calvey Incorporated | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Banking Services Corp dba Bel Air Auto Auction | 392 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PSE&G NJ Transf & Centralized Services | 392 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rapid City Medical Center, LLP | 392 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Castleview Hospital | 392 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.