Perishable Prepared Foods Manufacturing · Texas

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs

Sulphur Springs, TX · ~170 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Perishable Prepared Foods Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs: 2.6 TCR = 62% of Perishable Prepared Foods Manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs safety composite

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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

−1.5

2018→2024

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs injury rate improved

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs's TCR fell 1.5 from 3.0 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.0 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=0.2 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311991 · Sulphur Springs, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 62% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #9/32
  • PHOTO Tribe
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~170 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tribe (0.0 TCR gap)

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BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs averages 2.6 TCR (62% of the Perishable Prepared Foods Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs TCR series: 2018=3 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=0.2 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 4.1

Where BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs falls in its industry

376 Perishable Prepared Foods Manu establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 32 Perishable Prepared Foods Manu employers in Texas.

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs (170 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 179 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs
BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs (170 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 179 employees and a TCR of 5.1

BEF Foods, INC. - Sulphur Springs has fewer employees than the Perishable Prepared Foods Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 1.5 1 0 0
2023 0.2 0.2 2 0 0
2022 5.5 4.4 10 0 0
2021 1.9 1.4 3 1 0
2020 2.4 1.8 4 0 0
2019 3.5 2.4 6 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311991 · TX · Sulphur Springs

376 Perishable Prepared Foods Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 49 employers in Sulphur Springs, TX · 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 Tribe 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SK Food Group 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great American Deli LLC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nature Soy, LLC 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. - Pawnee/Cuero 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE EMBREE CONSTRUCTION 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ascend Performance MaterialsChocolate Bayou Alvin TX 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oscar Orduno Inc 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grocery Supply Company 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR GSC Enterprises Inc. 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saputo Dairy Foods 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sulphur Springs - CMF 396 441 FTE
NAT-TCR EuroKera North America, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR N. Wasserstrom & Sons 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Everest Waterproofing & Restoration, Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Unlimited Construction Services, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Memorial Healthcare Center 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE DiCarlo Concrete, Inc. 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eastern Architectural Systems 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 10 170 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.