Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale · Ohio
Valley Foods, Inc.
Youngstown, OH · ~60 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valley Foods, Inc. runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale workplace, earning a grade D.
Valley Foods, Inc.: 7.7 TCR = 187% of Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale BLS 4.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valley Foods, Inc. safety composite
Valley Foods, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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
−13.3
2019→2024
Valley Foods, Inc. injury rate improved
Valley Foods, Inc.'s TCR fell 13.3 from 19.3 in 2019 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=19.3 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=13.5 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=6.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311991 · Youngstown, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 187% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #18/22
- PHOTO Nanak Foods, Inc.
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~60 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Nanak Foods, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valley Foods, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Valley Foods, Inc.
7.7 TCR
- Nanak Foods, I
Nanak Foods, Inc.
7.7 TCR
- Knott's Wholes
Knott's Wholesale Foods
7.7 TCR
- Taylor Farms A
Taylor Farms Artesian
7.7 TCR
- Red Monkey Foo
Red Monkey Foods, Inc- SF Salt
7.7 TCR
What this shows Valley Foods, Inc. averages 7.7 TCR (187% of the Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale BLS benchmark).
Valley Foods, Inc. TCR series: 2019=19.3 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=13.5 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=6 · BLS 4.1
Where Valley Foods, Inc. falls in its industry
376 Prepared meals, perishable, pa establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 22 Prepared meals, perishable, pa employers in Ohio.
Valley Foods, Inc. has fewer employees than the Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 19.3 | 16.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311991 · OH · Youngstown
376 Prepared meals, perishable, packaged for individual resale employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 276 employers in Youngstown, OH · 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 | Nanak Foods, Inc. | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Knott's Wholesale Foods | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Taylor Farms Artesian | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Red Monkey Foods, Inc- SF Salt | 7.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | White House Fruit Farm Inc | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wholesale | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity West | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gutknecht Construction Company | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Elizabeth Health Center | 2,702 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Health St Elizabeth Health Hospital | 2,679 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ohio Edison Company | 832 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vallourec Star, LP | 681 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 2426 - San Antonio Culebra | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | camden builders supply | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | La Mirada-Main | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - MDW7 | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 3234 - State College University Campus | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gordon Composites | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LignoTech Florida LLC | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Olympia Processing, LLC | 60 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.