General combination crop farming (except fruit and nut combinations, oilseed and grain, vegetable) · Ohio
The Chef's Garden Inc
Huron, OH · ~150 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
The Chef's Garden Inc runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General combination crop farming (except fruit and nut combinations, oilseed and grain, vegetable) workplace, earning a grade A.
The Chef's Garden Inc: 1.6 TCR = 35% of General combination crop farming (except fruit and nut combinations, oilseed and grain, vegetable) BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
The Chef's Garden Inc safety composite
The Chef's Garden Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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
The Chef's Garden Inc: 1.1 → 2.0 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 2325.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2024
The Chef's Garden Inc's TCR rose 0.9 from 1.1 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2325.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111998 · Huron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 35% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO Halsey
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~150 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Halsey (0.0 TCR gap)
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The Chef's Garden Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Wonderful Pist
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds- WHS
1.7 TCR
- This site
The Chef's Garden Inc
1.6 TCR
- Halsey
Halsey
1.6 TCR
- Trout Lake Far
Trout Lake Farm East Mill
1.5 TCR
- Lebanon
Lebanon
1.5 TCR
What this shows The Chef's Garden Inc averages 1.6 TCR (35% of the General combination crop farming (except fruit and nut combinations, oilseed and grain, vegetable) BLS benchmark).
The Chef's Garden Inc TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=2325.6 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=2 · BLS 4.5
Where The Chef's Garden Inc falls in its industry
128 General combination crop farmi establishmentsSafer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 General combination crop farmi employers in Ohio.
The Chef's Garden Inc has more employees than the General combination crop farming (except median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2325.6 | 2325.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111998 · OH · Huron
128 General combination crop farming (except fruit and nut combinations, oilseed and grain, vegetable) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 26 employers in Huron, 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 | Halsey | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trout Lake Farm East Mill | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds- WHS | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lebanon | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | South Central Power Co. - Lancaster | 150 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EverDry Waterproofing | 150 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Meijer Manufacturing 812 | 150 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Evans Food Group, LTD | 150 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ardagh Metal Packaging - Huron | 324 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Huron | 166 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Humanetics Huron | 134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Firelands Technology Ventures, LLC | 129 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lancaster Development, Inc. | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Great Plains Beef | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ASC Parent Company | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Q-PAC Systems | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Upstate Farms Dairy LLC | 150 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Keystone RV Company - Plant 19 | 150 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | American Red Cross - 2425 Park Road | 150 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Epic Logistics LLC | 150 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.