General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Maryland

Sysco Eastern Maryland

Pocomoke City, MD · ~404 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sysco Eastern Maryland runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Sysco Eastern Maryland: 5.3 TCR = 240% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sysco Eastern Maryland safety composite

Sysco Eastern Maryland scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−1.6

2017→2024

Sysco Eastern Maryland injury rate improved

Sysco Eastern Maryland's TCR fell 1.6 from 6.0 in 2017 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.0 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=3.9 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Pocomoke City, MD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 240% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #14/33
  • PHOTO Shuler Meats Inc
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 151 inj
  • SIZE ~404 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shuler Meats Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sysco Eastern Maryland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sysco Eastern Maryland averages 5.3 TCR (240% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Sysco Eastern Maryland TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=3.9 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Sysco Eastern Maryland falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 33 General-line groceries merchan employers in Maryland.

Sysco Eastern Maryland (404 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 Eastern Maryland
Sysco Eastern Maryland (404 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Sysco Eastern Maryland has more employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal 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 4.4 4.0 19 0 0
2023 4.1 3.8 16 0 0
2022 5.5 5.5 20 0 0
2021 8.7 7.6 32 0 0
2019 3.9 3.2 17 1 0
2018 4.4 3.8 21 0 0
2017 6.0 6.0 26 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · MD · Pocomoke City

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 9 employers in Pocomoke City, MD · 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 Shuler Meats Inc 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SERV-U-SUCCESS 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dilgard Frozen Foods Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marquez Brothers International, Inc. - San Jose 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE FRESH FOODS FACILITY PERISHABLE WHSE 404 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paul Reed Smith Guitars 405 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1890 405 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5450 403 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2514 263 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2514 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2414 LOWE S OF POCOMOKE CITY MD 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-2414 126 FTE
NAT-TCR National City FHC 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 10213 Middletown 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mennonite Friendship Communities 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR E & B PAVING LLC - Bloomington 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 10245 Tribeca 404 FTE
NAT-SIZE Groveport NLC 404 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coshocton Works 404 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marriott Shadow Ridge 404 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.