Dried foods (e.g., fruits, milk, vegetables) merchant wholesalers · North Carolina
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc
Raleigh, NC · ~30 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc runs at 369% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dried foods (e.g., fruits, milk, vegetables) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc: 8.1 TCR = 369% of Dried foods (e.g., fruits, milk, vegetables) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc safety composite
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 91% 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
−7.5
2018→2023
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc injury rate improved
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc's TCR fell 7.5 from 7.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 18.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=7.5 · 2020=18.8 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424490 · Raleigh, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 369% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #44/46
- PHOTO LAKE CHARLES LA
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LAKE CHARLES LA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- BAKERSFIELD CA
BAKERSFIELD CA
8.2 TCR
- This site
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc
8.1 TCR
- LAKE CHARLES L
LAKE CHARLES LA
8.1 TCR
- Richland Depot
Richland Depot
8.1 TCR
- Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene Depot
8.1 TCR
What this shows Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc averages 8.1 TCR (369% of the Dried foods (e.g., fruits, milk, vegetables) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc TCR series: 2018=7.5 · 2020=18.8 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2
Where Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc falls in its industry
1,278 Dried foods (e.g., fruits, mil establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 46 Dried foods (e.g., fruits, mil employers in North Carolina.
Wards Fruit & Produce Company Inc has fewer employees than the Dried foods (e.g., fruits, milk, vegetab median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424490 · NC · Raleigh
1,278 Dried foods (e.g., fruits, milk, vegetables) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 973 employers in Raleigh, 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 | LAKE CHARLES LA | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Richland Depot | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Coeur d'Alene Depot | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BAKERSFIELD CA | 8.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Shugart Farm | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hays Hatchery | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hight Family Farms LLC | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | High Point Operations Center | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Headway Workforce Solutions | 13,936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NC State University | 11,491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNC Rex Healthcare | 7,282 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SECU | 6,283 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 5250 Central | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arrow Shed, LLC - Haskell | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harris Hill Nursing Facility LLC | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Honey Rock Camp | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 5091 - WA Clark County | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | American Insulated Panel, LLC | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Athol | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Progreso LMMM San Antonio #8, LLC | 30 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.