Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Sysco Cleveland

Cleveland, OH · ~440 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sysco Cleveland runs at 222% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Sysco Cleveland: 4.9 TCR = 222% of Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sysco Cleveland safety composite

Sysco Cleveland scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−1.4

2016→2024

Sysco Cleveland injury rate improved

Sysco Cleveland's TCR fell 1.4 from 5.3 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 4.9 · 222% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #31/54
  • PHOTO Christ Panos Foods C…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 134 inj
  • SIZE ~440 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Christ Panos Foods Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sysco Cleveland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sysco Cleveland averages 4.9 TCR (222% of the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Sysco Cleveland TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2020=1 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=6 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Sysco Cleveland falls in its industry

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merch establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #31 safest of 54 Groceries, general-line, merch employers in Ohio.

Sysco Cleveland (440 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 Sysco Cleveland
Sysco Cleveland (440 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Sysco Cleveland has more employees than the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholes 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 3.9 1.9 18 0 0
2023 6.0 5.4 28 0 0
2022 8.3 8.3 37 0 0
2021 4.7 3.6 18 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 4 0 0
2016 5.3 4.6 29 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · OH · Cleveland

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 922 employers in Cleveland, 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 Christ Panos Foods Corporation 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SHAWNEE 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sysco Hawaii Inc 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dot Foods, Inc.- Dot West Offices 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Danone US LLC 440 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whirlpool Corporation- Ottawa 440 FTE
STATE-SIZE T.E.A.M. Systems (Toledo) 440 FTE
STATE-SIZE 90 Avon 440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic Main Campus 25,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 20,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Medical Center 10,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR SILCO FIRE & SECURITY - CLEVELAND 3,641 FTE
NAT-TCR Maguire Iron 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CTI Foods 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR San Jose Ca - 385 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridgepoint at Los Altos 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lake Region Medical, Inc. 440 FTE
NAT-SIZE UST Select, Inc 440 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schuman Cheese Elgin 440 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hard Rock Hotel 440 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, 2021, 2020, 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.