Grocery stores · Massachusetts

The Fresh Market 129

Towson, MA · ~66 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Fresh Market 129 runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

The Fresh Market 129: 3.6 TCR = 106% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Fresh Market 129 safety composite

The Fresh Market 129 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

The Fresh Market 129 held a steady TCR band

The Fresh Market 129's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.3 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=7.0 · 2021=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Towson, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 106% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #201/842
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 009
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 009 (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Fresh Market 129 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Fresh Market 129 averages 3.6 TCR (106% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

The Fresh Market 129 TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=7 · 2021=4.5 · BLS 3.4

Where The Fresh Market 129 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #201 safest of 842 Grocery stores employers in Massachusetts.

The Fresh Market 129 (66 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 129
The Fresh Market 129 (66 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

The Fresh Market 129 has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower 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
2021 4.5 0.0 2 0 0
2019 7.0 7.0 3 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.3 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · MA · Towson

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 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 The Fresh Market 009 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lowes Foods #155 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR A & V Meat Market, LTD. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0140 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE A&M Roofing Services, LLC 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE New England electrical contracting corp 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE BT Auburndale 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office-Main 66 FTE
NAT-TCR Molly Construction, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 7671-Enphg-Franciscan University 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Care at Home (247-ATLA) 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Haley Toyota of Roanoke 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Markets 174 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Powerline 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dsg Harmony 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dsg Dresch 66 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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.