Ice cream manufacturing · Texas
Tropicale Foods Lubbock
Lubbock, TX · ~131 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tropicale Foods Lubbock runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ice cream manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Tropicale Foods Lubbock: 3.9 TCR = 119% of Ice cream manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tropicale Foods Lubbock safety composite
Tropicale Foods Lubbock scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
−1.7
2023→2024
Tropicale Foods Lubbock injury rate improved
Tropicale Foods Lubbock's TCR fell 1.7 from 4.8 in 2023 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=4.8 · 2024=3.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311520 · Lubbock, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 119% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #4/6
- PHOTO Dean - Toledo (Suiza)
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~131 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dean - Toledo (Suiza) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tropicale Foods Lubbock in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Casper's Ice C
Casper's Ice Cream
4.1 TCR
- Dean - Toledo
Dean - Toledo (Suiza)
4 TCR
- This site
Tropicale Foods Lubbock
3.9 TCR
- St. Albans
St. Albans
3.8 TCR
- Tyler IC
Tyler IC
3.8 TCR
What this shows Tropicale Foods Lubbock averages 3.9 TCR (119% of the Ice cream manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Tropicale Foods Lubbock TCR series: 2023=4.8 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Tropicale Foods Lubbock falls in its industry
111 Ice cream manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Ice cream manufacturing employers in Texas.
Tropicale Foods Lubbock has fewer employees than the Ice cream manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311520 · TX · Lubbock
111 Ice cream manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 482 employers in Lubbock, TX · 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 | Dean - Toledo (Suiza) | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | St. Albans | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tyler IC | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Casper's Ice Cream | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bogata | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sisu Energy LLC | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | K. Hovnanian of Houston II, L.L.C. | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Renu, Inc. | 131 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | A01 Covenant Medical Center | 3,178 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2004-20049000 | 2,269 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FALCON HEALTHCARE INC DBA INTERIM HEALTHCARE | 2,046 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Covenant Health System | 1,761 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Noland Hospital Dothan | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Button Transportation, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nieman Plumbing, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Land O' Lakes - Melrose | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ohman Family Living at Briar | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nycht - Chester | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ildek - Dekalb | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alflo - Florence Center | 131 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.