Noodle mixes made in dehydration plants · New York
Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY
Medina, NY · ~192 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Noodle mixes made in dehydration plants workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 18
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY's OSHA Total Case Rate of 4.8 to the Noodle mixes made in dehydration plants BLS benchmark of 3.3 (147% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY falls in its industry
126 Noodle mixes made in dehydrati establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Noodle mixes made in dehydrati employers in New York.
Trend analysis for Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY
Between 2018 and 2019, Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY's Total Case Rate worsened from 4.3 to 5.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 25% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 4.3, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 5.4, a spread of 1.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY recorded 18 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 18 injuries shown on this page for Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311423 - Noodle mixes made in dehydration plants.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2019)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 333,824 hours worked = 4.19 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY (this establishment) | 4.84 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Freeze-dried, food processing, fruits and vegetables industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311423 |
| New York state avg (all industries) | 4.67 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY's reported OSHA injury record versus its Noodle mixes made in dehydration plants peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 147% of the Noodle mixes made in dehydration plants benchmark, Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Noodle mixes made in dehydration plants sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.