Industry profile · NAICS 311991

Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing

Workplace injury rates across 402 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 376 establishments with a credible rate.

402
Employers
6.2
Avg TCR (rated)
4.1
BLS benchmark
16,884
Injuries (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

6.2 avg TCR

The industry picture

According to OSHA ITA filings (2016–2024), Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing ranks #81 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average Total Case Rate (higher TCR = more injuries per 100 workers). The 376 rated employers in Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing average 6.2 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.5 times the BLS national benchmark of 4.1.

#81 of 540
corpus TCR rank · ≥100 rated
6.2
avg TCR · rated subset
4.1
BLS national benchmark
376
rated employers

ITA inventory (402) and injury totals cover every reporting establishment; the average TCR is the rated subset only. Corpus rank matches /rankings/most-dangerous-industries (≥100 rated employers). BLS IIF is a separate survey population, see Methodology → Three Populations.

Where Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing sits nationally on injury rate

Average Total Case Rate, industries with ≥100 rated employers

6 Among the most dangerous lower TCR than 15% of 540 industries

Industries, banded by average TCR

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Source OSHA Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024) · 2026-09-26

Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing injury rate, 2016–2024

Industry-average TCR has fallen across this span (6.6 → 4.0) · NAICS 311991

34567 201620172018201920202021202220232024 3.98
OSHA ITA employer_yearly, 2016-2024 · establishments with >=200,000 hours worked and a credible TCR each year (119 in the latest year shown)

What Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing Safety Data Reveals

According to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (2016–2024), Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing ranks #81 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated establishments by rated-subset average Total Case Rate (same basis as the most-dangerous-industries ranking; higher TCR means more injuries). The Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing sector (NAICS 311991) encompasses 402 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 16,884 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window. The industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.2 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year is computed on the 376 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology). Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 4.1 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 6.2 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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Employer LocationGradeAvg TCR
Innovative Solutions Mercer Island, WA F 23.9
1 Atlanta, GA F 23.7
URDC Richmond, CA F 21.8
QT Kitchens - Tulsa Tulsa, OK F 21.4
Gourmet Fresh Pasta, Inc. Pasadena, CA F 21.3
Fullerton, CA factory Fullerton, CA F 18.9
Nowhere Commissary, LLC Los Angeles, CA F 18.9
HelloFresh CA (Distribution Center) Richmond, CA F 18.2
Grinnell Kitchen Grinnell, IA F 18.2
Fresh N Lean - CA Anaheim, CA F 18.1
Support Center Richmond, CA F 17.8
Pershing Chicago, IL F 17.6
Westvala West Valley City, UT F 17.3
4050_7876 Oakland, CA F 17.3
QT Kitchens - Dallas Coppell, TX F 16.4
Dawns Foods Portage, WI F 16.4
Commissary El Segundo, CA F 16.3
B&P Packing Co.,Inc Soledad, CA F 16.2
Tubeway Carol Stream, IL F 16.1
QT Kitchens - Belton Belton, MO F 16.0
HMC Fresh Foods, LLC Kingsburg, CA F 15.5
QT Kitchens - Phoenix Tolleson, AZ F 15.5
John's Genova Delicatessen, Inc. Walnut Creek, CA F 15.4
Central Kitchen Torrance, CA F 15.4
Bakkavor Charlotte Charlotte, NC F 15.1
CookUnity, Inc Brooklyn, NY F 14.9
Isabelles Kitchen Inc Harleysville, PA F 14.9
Brett Anthony Foods Nb Northbrook, IL F 14.4
Lunds & Byerlys, Mitchell Road Eden Prairie, MN F 14.4
Classic Salads, LLC Watsonville Royal Oaks, CA F 14.2
Mountain King Spud Growers Center, CO F 14.1
Garden Cut Indianapolis, IN F 13.8
The Pasta Shop Oakland, CA F 13.8
Mrs. Gerry's Kitchen, LLC Albert Lea, MN F 13.7
CFS NorCal - San Jose San Jose, CA F 13.7
Mom's Meals Grinnell Kitchen Grinnell, IA F 13.6
Blount Fine Foods Portland, OR F 13.4
And Go Concepts LLC Phoenix, AZ F 13.2
Custom Ag-Pak, LLC Hollister, CA F 13.0
Custom Ag-Pak Yuma, AZ F 13.0
Century Plant in Hillsboro Hillsboro, OR F 12.9
Marvel International Inc Guaynao, PR F 12.8
Veggie Noodle Co., LLC Austin, TX F 12.7
North Jackson Kitchen North Jackson, OH F 12.6
890 Central Kitchen Kentwood, MI F 12.6
Market of Choice Central Kitchen Eugene, OR F 12.5
CFS NorCal - Hayward Hayward, CA F 12.4
QT Kitchens - Ellenwood Ellenwood, GA F 12.3
Commonwealth Kitchen Boston, MA F 12.0
Fresh Texas Austin Austin, TX F 12.0
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Nationwide industries with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing: nearest NAICS cohorts by rated-subset average TCR and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-industry neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing?

Across 376 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing averages 6.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 4.1.

How does Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing compare with other industries nationally?

Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing ranks #81 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 15% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing?

402 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 376 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.

Data sourced from official public datasets, PlainSafetyScore's OSHA ITA / BLS-based industry database (2016-2024). Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore. See our methodology for details.

Working in Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing?

This sector averages 6.2 against a BLS benchmark of 4.1 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

Sector figures use the credible-subset mean across reporting employers; a benchmark is not any single establishment's measured rate.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.

Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing Safety FAQ

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing?

Across 376 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing averages 6.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 4.1.

How does Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing compare with other industries nationally?

Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing ranks #81 of 540 industries with at least 100 rated employers by average TCR (highest TCR = #1, most dangerous). That places it above 15% of ranked industries by injury rate.

How many employers report in Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing?

402 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 376 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.