Grocery stores · Virginia

The Fresh Markets 174

Alexandria, VA · ~66 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Fresh Markets 174 runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

The Fresh Markets 174: 6.6 TCR = 195% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Fresh Markets 174 safety composite

The Fresh Markets 174 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Rising injury rate

The Fresh Markets 174: 0.0 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2021

The Fresh Markets 174's TCR rose 7.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 7.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Alexandria, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 195% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #1114/1241
  • PHOTO Libertyville Sunset …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Libertyville Sunset Food Mart, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Fresh Markets 174 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Fresh Markets 174 averages 6.6 TCR (195% 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 Markets 174 TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=9.7 · 2021=7.7 · BLS 3.4

Where The Fresh Markets 174 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1114 safest of 1241 Grocery stores employers in Virginia.

The Fresh Markets 174 (66 employees, TCR 6.6) 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 Markets 174
The Fresh Markets 174 (66 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

The Fresh Markets 174 has fewer employees than the Grocery stores 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
2021 7.7 3.8 4 0 0
2019 9.7 5.8 5 0 0
2018 7.7 5.8 4 0 0
2017 8.1 4.0 4 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · VA · Alexandria

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 335 employers in Alexandria, VA · 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 Libertyville Sunset Food Mart, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ben's Supercenter Marlette LLC South 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR KTA Super Stores - Puainako 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 026-00542 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blue Ridge 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE D&D Mechanical, Inc. 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alexandria Rail Facility/Telegraph Road 1,964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inova Alexandria Hospital 1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alexandria Rail Yard 996 FTE
CITY-NEAR Inova Mount Vernon Hospital 950 FTE
NAT-TCR Brazosview Healthcare Center 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 7 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Gemini Coatings, Inc. of Grand Prairie 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Decostar Service Center 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 129 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.