Grocery stores · Alabama

The Fresh Market 178

Birmingham, AL · ~57 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Fresh Market 178 runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

The Fresh Market 178: 3.8 TCR = 111% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Fresh Market 178 safety composite

The Fresh Market 178 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2016→2021

The Fresh Market 178 injury rate improved

The Fresh Market 178's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=7.2 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Birmingham, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 111% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #214/382
  • PHOTO Shop Rite of Landis …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shop Rite of Landis Vineland (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Fresh Market 178 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Fresh Market 178 averages 3.8 TCR (111% 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 178 TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=7.2 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.4

Where The Fresh Market 178 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #214 safest of 382 Grocery stores employers in Alabama.

The Fresh Market 178 (57 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 178
The Fresh Market 178 (57 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

The Fresh Market 178 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.2 7.2 3 0 0
2018 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2017 7.1 7.1 3 0 0
2016 2.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · AL · Birmingham

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 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 Shop Rite of Landis Vineland 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1430 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 138 PLEASANT HILL 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0450 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southeast Division Eufaula Office 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colburn Construction Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donald Smith Company, Inc. 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wing Solar Project 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR USD 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLASSIC FOODS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR BIRMINGHAM PACKERS 8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR Redrock Central Elementary 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR McLean County CUSD #5 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Oldcastle APG - Draper 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 454740-Lancaster Po 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Park Department 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arkwright Advanced Coating, Inc. 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE QuVa Pharma Temple 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emsco, Inc. (306 Shenango St.) 57 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.