Chowders, seafood, manufacturing · Michigan

Superior Foods Company

Name: Superior Foods Company Workplace Safety Data
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Kentwood, MI · ~249 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Superior Foods Company runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chowders, seafood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Superior Foods Company: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Chowders, seafood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Foods Company safety composite

Superior Foods Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.6

2019→2024

Superior Foods Company injury rate improved

Superior Foods Company's TCR fell 1.6 from 5.3 in 2019 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.3 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2.3 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311710 · Kentwood, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK P72
PHOTO Rich Products Motley
BOOK 5y book
INJ 37 inj
SIZE ~249 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rich Products Motley (0.1 TCR gap)

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What this shows Superior Foods Company averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Chowders, seafood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Superior Foods Company TCR series: 2019=5.3 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=2.3 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Superior Foods Company falls in its industry

231 Chowders, seafood, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Superior Foods Company (249 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 114 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Superior Foods Company has more employees than the Chowders, seafood, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2024	3.7	1.3	14
2022	2.3	0.4	6
2021	1.9	1.4	4
2020	4.2	4.2	6
2019	5.3	4.5	7

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311710 · MI · Kentwood

231 Chowders, seafood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 122 employers in Kentwood, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Rich Products Motley	MOTLEY, MN	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chignik	CHIGNIK, AK	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Marder Trawling, Inc.	NEW BEDFORD, MA	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Marine Harvest Miami	MIAMI, FL	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	1000 - BELFOR Birmingham MI	BIRMINGHAM	249 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MI-WYOMI01-Wyoming - 333	WYOMING	249 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Meijer Inc 191	PLAINWELL	249 FTE
STATE-SIZE	3328	GREENVILLE	249 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ventra Grand Rapids Plant 5	Kentwood	1,274 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC - H1	Kentwood	656 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hearthside Food Solutions H5	Kentwood	346 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Trees LLC 484	Kentwood	346 FTE
NAT-TCR	Diverse Fabrication, LLC	Loretto, TN	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Scenery Hill	Scenery Hill, PA	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Commemorative Brands Inc. dba Powers Embroidery Inc.	Waco, TX	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Allied Beverage Group	Elizabeth, NJ	3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Northwest Atlanta GA FXFE-NWA	Smyrna, GA	249 FTE
NAT-SIZE	San Bernardino BNSF	San Bernardino, CA	249 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Symmes Life Care Inc. dba Brookhaven at Lexington	Lexington, MA	249 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1138 - Silver Spring	Silver Spring, MD	249 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.