Processed meats manufacturing · Indiana
Boar's Head - New Castle
New Castle, IN · ~530 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Boar's Head - New Castle runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Boar's Head - New Castle: 5.6 TCR = 171% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Boar's Head - New Castle safety composite
Boar's Head - New Castle scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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%).
Boar's Head - New Castle held a steady TCR band
Boar's Head - New Castle's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.6 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.6 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=7.0 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=4.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · New Castle, IN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 171% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #8/11
- PHOTO 304 Colorado Meats
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 256 inj
- SIZE ~530 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 304 Colorado Meats (0.0 TCR gap)
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Boar's Head - New Castle in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Claryville Pla
Claryville Plant
5.7 TCR
- This site
Boar's Head - New Castle
5.6 TCR
- 304 Colorado M
304 Colorado Meats
5.6 TCR
- Birchwood Food
Birchwood Foods
5.6 TCR
- Green Bay Dres
Green Bay Dressed Beef East River Processing
5.6 TCR
What this shows Boar's Head - New Castle averages 5.6 TCR (171% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Boar's Head - New Castle TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=7 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Boar's Head - New Castle falls in its industry
613 Processed meats manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Indiana.
Boar's Head - New Castle has more employees than the Processed meats manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · IN · New Castle
613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 44 employers in New Castle, IN · 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 | 304 Colorado Meats | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Birchwood Foods | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Claryville Plant | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Bay Dressed Beef East River Processing | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | LCI - 228 | 530 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | White Construction LLC. | 531 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lear Corporation - Columbia City | 529 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plymouth Community School Corporation | 529 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Henry County Memorial Hospital | 860 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4238-175 | 409 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 175 951 - GEO EASTERN REGIONAL OFFICE-NEW CASTLE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY | 343 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Grede New Castle Foundry | 326 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Roma Steel Erection, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Altoona | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Distribution Centers LLC-3100 Prairie Valley Ct | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Reliable Tank Line - Charlotte | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The Peninsula Hotel Chicago | 530 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Seats Incorporated | 530 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MillerKnoll, Inc. - Design Yard | 530 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center | 530 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.