Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers except Convenience Retailers · North Carolina

The Fresh Market 104

Cornelius, NC · ~69 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Fresh Market 104 runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers except Convenience Retailers workplace, earning a grade D.

The Fresh Market 104: 6.4 TCR = 188% of Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers except Convenience Retailers BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Fresh Market 104 safety composite

The Fresh Market 104 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.9

2016→2024

The Fresh Market 104 injury rate improved

The Fresh Market 104's TCR fell 1.9 from 6.3 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2017=6.0 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=6.8 · 2021=12.7 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Cornelius, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 188% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #1494/1627
  • PHOTO UPPER FALLS
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UPPER FALLS (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Fresh Market 104 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Fresh Market 104 averages 6.4 TCR (188% of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers except Convenience Retailers BLS benchmark).

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

The Fresh Market 104 TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=6 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=6.8 · 2021=12.7 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.4

Where The Fresh Market 104 falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1494 safest of 1627 Supermarkets and Other Grocery employers in North Carolina.

The Fresh Market 104 (69 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate The Fresh Market 104
The Fresh Market 104 (69 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

The Fresh Market 104 has fewer employees than the Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 4.4 2 0 0
2023 4.5 2.3 2 0 0
2022 6.2 6.2 3 0 0
2021 12.7 8.4 6 0 0
2019 6.8 2.3 3 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2017 6.0 6.0 3 0 0
2016 6.3 4.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · NC · Cornelius

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers except Convenience Retailers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 30 employers in Cornelius, NC · 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 UPPER FALLS 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Supermercado La Chiquita No.4 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10230 Roseville 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Food City Mass 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE APEX OPERATIONS 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTH RALEIGH OPERATIONS 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brunswick Regional Water & Sewer H2GO 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lendlease - Charlotte Office 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6921-00179 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 1474 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6921-00416 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Granite Contracting LLC 122 FTE
NAT-TCR Okray Family Farms, Inc 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 5 Point Fabrication, LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Transporatation Network, Inc 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Manor Tool & Mfg Company 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 097 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 140 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 064 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 046 69 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.