Ice cream manufacturing · Ohio

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica

Utica, OH · ~118 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ice cream manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Ice cream manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica safety composite

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−4.1

2016→2023

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica injury rate improved

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica's TCR fell 4.1 from 5.3 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=3.2 · 2023=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311520 · Utica, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO Henderson Ice Cream …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Henderson Ice Cream Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Ice cream manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=3.2 · 2023=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica falls in its industry

111 Ice cream manufacturing establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Ice cream manufacturing employers in Ohio.

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica (118 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 139 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica
Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica (118 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 139 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Velvet Ice Cream Co - Utica 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
2023 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2021 3.2 1.1 3 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2019 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2018 5.7 3.8 6 0 0
2017 2.1 1.0 2 0 0
2016 5.3 5.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311520 · OH · Utica

111 Ice cream manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 6 employers in Utica, 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 Henderson Ice Cream Plant 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hudsonville Creamery & Ice Cream 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilcoxson's 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ICP 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contracting Solutions, LLC 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCI Services, Inc. 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE SFO Ice Cream 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snyder's-Lance Ashland 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Utica CT 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardinal CT -Utica CT 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardinal CT - Utica CT 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Licking Rural Electricfication 44 FTE
NAT-TCR Main 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tec 1 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Consolidated Electrical Distributors (Pc8037) 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lilley International - Williamston 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Imperial Pools Latham 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE KS Energy Services (Denmark) 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jacobs Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greater Cincinnati Region 118 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.