Processed meats manufacturing · Iowa

Burke Corporation

Nevada, IA · ~432 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Burke Corporation runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Burke Corporation: 3.5 TCR = 105% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burke Corporation safety composite

Burke Corporation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

Burke Corporation injury rate improved

Burke Corporation's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.0 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2018=5.2 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Nevada, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 105% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #21/32
  • PHOTO Buckhead Meat & Seaf…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 65 inj
  • SIZE ~432 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buckhead Meat & Seafood of Ohio (0.0 TCR gap)

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Burke Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Burke Corporation averages 3.5 TCR (105% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Burke Corporation TCR series: 2016=3 · 2018=5.2 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Burke Corporation falls in its industry

613 Processed meats manufacturing establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 32 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Iowa.

Burke Corporation (432 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Burke Corporation
Burke Corporation (432 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Burke Corporation has more employees than the Processed meats manufacturing median and a lower 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 2.6 0.8 15 0 0
2023 3.3 2.9 19 0 0
2018 5.2 3.4 20 0 0
2016 3.0 1.9 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · IA · Nevada

613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 29 employers in Nevada, IA · 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 Buckhead Meat & Seafood of Ohio 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bubba Foods, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Steak Processors LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omaha Steaks 96th St 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER 432 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids Collaboration Center 433 FTE
STATE-SIZE Featherlite, Inc. 433 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 892 431 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burke Marketing Corporation 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Story County Medical Center 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary W Clem, Inc. dba ALMACO 180 FTE
CITY-NEAR Justice Center 117 FTE
NAT-TCR Hiab USA 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Meramec Instrument Transformer Company 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CA-Palm Springs S/C 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dana Distributors, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eureka Casino Resort 432 FTE
NAT-SIZE DOTHAN 432 FTE
NAT-SIZE HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital 432 FTE
NAT-SIZE CRISTA Ministries 432 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, 2018, 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.