Food processing plant construction · Texas

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion

Name: 103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hereford, TX · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 2.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Food processing plant construction workplace, earning a grade A.

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion: 0.7 TCR = 24% of Food processing plant construction BLS 2.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion safety composite

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion held a steady TCR band

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Hereford, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 24% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #67/92
PHOTO Forcum Lannom Contra…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Forcum Lannom Contractors, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.7
Forcum Lannom

0.7
PDS

0.7
Marketech Inte

0.7
ITAC

0.7

What this shows 103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion averages 0.7 TCR (24% of the Food processing plant construction BLS benchmark).

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=0 · BLS 2.9

Where 103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion falls in its industry

924 Food processing plant construc establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 92 Food processing plant construc employers in Texas.

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion (37 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

103225 - Nestle Hereford Merrick Petfood Expansion has fewer employees than the Food processing plant construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	2.1	1.1	2
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · TX · Hereford

924 Food processing plant construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 38 employers in Hereford, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Forcum Lannom Contractors, LLC	DYERSBURG, TN	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PDS	FENTON, MO	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Marketech International Corporation USA	PHOENIX, AZ	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ITAC	CHESTER, VA	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Fannin Growing	HOWE	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bovina Cattle Company	BOVINA	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Skyland Grain, LLC- Spearman Gin	SPEARMAN	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Alura Cogen	CHANNELVIEW	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Caviness Beef	Hereford	1,334 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Caviness	Hereford	781 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nestle Purina Pet Car (Merrick Pet Care)	Hereford	372 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merrick Petcare	Hereford	366 FTE
NAT-TCR	North Canton HQ	North Canton, OH	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	2337 Shoppers-Rolling Valley (Sv 052	Burke, VA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Miami III	Hilaleah Gardens, FL	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Downers Grove, IL	Downers Grove, IL	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Old Town Alexandria - Resort	Alexandria, VA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	3495-11DG090	Rancho Cordova, CA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	QSI Dawson	Dawson, GA	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	316-Folkston	Folkston, GA	37 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.