Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses · Illinois
Branding Iron Holdings
Sauget, IL · ~352 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Branding Iron Holdings runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade D.
Branding Iron Holdings: 5.1 TCR = 153% of Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Branding Iron Holdings safety composite
Branding Iron Holdings scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 1.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% 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
−6.6
2016→2024
Branding Iron Holdings injury rate improved
Branding Iron Holdings's TCR fell 6.6 from 7.7 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.7 · 2017=18.8 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · Sauget, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 153% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #32/49
- PHOTO Stock Yards Las Vega…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 123 inj
- SIZE ~352 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Stock Yards Las Vegas Outwest (0.0 TCR gap)
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Branding Iron Holdings in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Branding Iron Holdings
5.1 TCR
- Stock Yards La
Stock Yards Las Vegas Outwest
5.1 TCR
- Home Market Fo
Home Market Foods
5.1 TCR
- Family Food Pr
Family Food Products, Inc.
5.1 TCR
- James Meat Com
James Meat Company Inc
5.1 TCR
What this shows Branding Iron Holdings averages 5.1 TCR (153% of the Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).
Branding Iron Holdings TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=18.8 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=2 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3
Where Branding Iron Holdings falls in its industry
613 Meats, fresh or chilled (exce establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 49 Meats, fresh or chilled (exce employers in Illinois.
Branding Iron Holdings has more employees than the Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry 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 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 18.8 | 10.3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · IL · Sauget
613 Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 28 employers in Sauget, IL · 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 | Stock Yards Las Vegas Outwest | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Home Market Foods | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Family Food Products, Inc. | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | James Meat Company Inc | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 1325 Cicero | 352 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | L.W. Schneider, Inc. | 352 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Grupo Antolin Nashville | 352 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Illinois Office | 352 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SMO2 | 470 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-ZSST | 438 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Afton Chemical Corporation - Sauget, IL | 344 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | R+L Carriers - STL | 244 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Douglas Dynamics, aka Western Products | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Lake Park | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pitt Ohio - Battle Creek | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Huntersville | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Chore-Time - Milford | 352 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | KCT - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC | 352 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Industrial Division | 352 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Johnson Feed, Inc. | 352 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.