Processed meats manufacturing · North Carolina

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC

Raeford, NC · ~646 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC safety composite

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−2.6

2016→2020

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC injury rate improved

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC's TCR fell 2.6 from 3.9 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Raeford, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO Eddy Foods
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~646 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eddy Foods (0.0 TCR gap)

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Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC falls in its industry

613 Processed meats manufacturing establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Processed meats manufacturing employers in North Carolina.

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC (646 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC
Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC (646 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC 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
2020 1.3 1.0 6 3 0
2019 1.1 0.9 7 0 0
2018 2.3 1.7 12 1 0
2016 3.9 3.4 12 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · NC · Raeford

613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 30 employers in Raeford, NC · 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 Eddy Foods 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Randolph Packing CO 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Land O Frost - Lansing 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE NZNA - Franklinton 647 FTE
STATE-SIZE Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, LP 644 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Plastics 648 FTE
STATE-SIZE Xylem - Davis Drive 644 FTE
CITY-NEAR Butterball LLC, Raeford 651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burlington Raeford Plant 382 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raeford 341 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cape Fear Valley Health System/Hoke County 331 FTE
NAT-TCR Entergy Louisiana LLC New Orleans Gas Distribution Business Tulane 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Caito Foods Service Center 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn Hanover 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Smithfield Direct- New Orleans 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kingwood Medical Center 646 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pinellas Park (Flpin) 646 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mobile Medical Response 646 FTE
NAT-SIZE Romeoville, IL 646 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.