Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers · Oregon

United Salad Co.

Portland, OR · ~355 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Salad Co. runs at 412% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

United Salad Co.: 9.1 TCR = 412% of Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Salad Co. safety composite

United Salad Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

United Salad Co. injury rate improved

United Salad Co.'s TCR fell 0.8 from 9.2 in 2016 to 8.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.2 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=9.9 · 2021=8.0 · 2024=8.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Portland, OR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.1 · 412% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO Buy Fresh Produce Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 174 inj
  • SIZE ~355 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buy Fresh Produce Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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United Salad Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Salad Co. averages 9.1 TCR (412% of the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

United Salad Co. TCR series: 2016=9.2 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=9.9 · 2021=8 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 2.2

Where United Salad Co. falls in its industry

369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b employers in Oregon.

United Salad Co. (355 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate United Salad Co.
United Salad Co. (355 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

United Salad Co. has more employees than the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 8.5 8.0 32 1 0
2021 8.0 7.0 33 0 0
2018 9.9 9.1 37 1 0
2017 9.8 9.5 37 0 0
2016 9.2 8.2 35 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · OR · Portland

369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 1,728 employers in Portland, OR · 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 Buy Fresh Produce Inc. 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charlie's Produce Boise 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grasmick Produce Inc. Idaho Falls 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Progressive Produce LLC Farms 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bridgetown Natural Foods 355 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1772 355 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0101 - BEND OR WHSE 355 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2927 356 FTE
CITY-NEAR OHSU Main Campus 18,003 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR349 PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CTR-PORTLA 4,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR346 PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CTR-PORTLAND 3,684 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000530 3,498 FTE
NAT-TCR 705 Val11 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn Lagrange 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Towers 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR DKG & Associates Inc. 9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 616 Oak1000 355 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alliance Medical Group 355 FTE
NAT-SIZE Suffolk MZB-USA 355 FTE
NAT-SIZE BallenIsles Country club 355 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: 2024, 2021, 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.