Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked · Wisconsin

Barron Plant

Barron, WI · ~1,060 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Barron Plant runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked workplace, earning a grade C.

Barron Plant: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Barron Plant safety composite

Barron Plant scores safer than 54% of same-industry peers on total case rate (tcr), blended into one 0-100 breakdown. 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−2.1

2016→2024

Barron Plant injury rate improved

Barron Plant's TCR fell 2.1 from 3.6 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Barron, WI AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK P54
  • PHOTO Golden Rod Boilers
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 272 inj
  • SIZE ~1,060 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Golden Rod Boilers (0.0 TCR gap)

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Barron Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Barron Plant averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked BLS benchmark).

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

Barron Plant TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Barron Plant falls in its industry

509 Turkeys, processing, fresh, fr establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Barron Plant (1,060 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Barron Plant
Barron Plant (1,060 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Barron Plant has more employees than the Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, cann median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.5 1.4 9 0 0
2023 2.5 2.1 18 0 0
2022 6.0 5.0 44 2 0
2021 3.7 2.5 31 3 0
2020 2.8 2.5 30 0 0
2019 2.9 2.3 34 0 0
2018 2.6 1.8 30 2 0
2017 2.7 2.2 30 3 0
2016 3.6 2.9 46 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · WI · Barron

509 Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 18 employers in Barron, WI · 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 Golden Rod Boilers 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR EAST PLANT 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pilgrims Moorefield Feed Mill 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR George's Springdale Processing Plant 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sub-Zero Built In 1,057 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Geneva Resort & Spa 1,064 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aspirus Inc 1,055 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kohler Energy Mosel 1,051 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Northland (Barron) 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barron Grow Out 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barron Breeder Farms 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barron 96 FTE
NAT-TCR Detroit Lakes Hatchery 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Indianapolis 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Virgin Hotels Nashville 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Steel Ventures, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE JFK-D 1,060 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dredging 1,060 FTE
NAT-SIZE RWJ University Hospital at Hamilton 1,059 FTE
NAT-SIZE Link Snacks Inc. 1,059 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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