Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing · North Carolina
VA Bessemer
Bessemer City, NC · ~866 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
VA Bessemer runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
VA Bessemer: 1.2 TCR = 30% of Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
VA Bessemer safety composite
VA Bessemer scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
78/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 93% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% 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
−0.5
2016→2021
VA Bessemer injury rate improved
VA Bessemer's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.7 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.7 · 2017=1.0 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311991 · Bessemer City, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 30% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO CF Dallas
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 62 inj
- SIZE ~866 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CF Dallas (0.0 TCR gap)
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VA Bessemer in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- CF Dallas
CF Dallas
1.3 TCR
- Fresh Express
Fresh Express Inc
1.3 TCR
- Home Chef - Ba
Home Chef - Baltimore
1.3 TCR
- This site
VA Bessemer
1.2 TCR
- Danville Manuf
Danville Manufacturing Location
1.2 TCR
What this shows VA Bessemer averages 1.2 TCR (30% of the Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
VA Bessemer TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=1 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.2 · BLS 4.1
Where VA Bessemer falls in its industry
376 Salads, fresh or refrigerated, establishmentsSafer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Salads, fresh or refrigerated, employers in North Carolina.
VA Bessemer has more employees than the Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311991 · NC · Bessemer City
376 Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 7 employers in Bessemer City, NC · 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 | CF Dallas | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fresh Express Inc | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Danville Manufacturing Location | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Home Chef - Baltimore | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Seqirus, Inc. | 865 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brookdale Senior Living | 867 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Scotland Memorial Hospital | 864 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Herbalife HIMWS | 863 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bud of California Value Added Bessemer City | 684 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hunter Douglas Window Designs - NC | 197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Charlotte | 134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ADS Charlotte | 79 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Amen Ranch Loc. #34 | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kgct Superior Courthouse | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bhct Bhc Judicial Facility (Court) | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tate and Lyle | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point | 866 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ole Mexican Foods, Norcross 6585 | 866 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Coast King Packing, LLC Arizona | 866 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge | 866 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.