Chicken egg production · South Carolina

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC

Name: Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Bethune, SC · ~150 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chicken egg production workplace, earning a grade C.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC: 4.7 TCR = 104% of Chicken egg production BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC safety composite

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−1.6

2018→2020

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC injury rate improved

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC's TCR fell 1.6 from 6.0 in 2018 to 4.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.0 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112310 · Bethune, SC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.7 · 104% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #4/5
PHOTO Martin
BOOK 3y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~150 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Martin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Martin

4.8
Delta

4.8
Pulaski County

4.8
This site

4.7
S&R Egg Farm I

4.6

What this shows Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC averages 4.7 TCR (104% of the Chicken egg production BLS benchmark).

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC TCR series: 2018=6 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=4.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC falls in its industry

351 Chicken egg production establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Chicken egg production employers in South Carolina.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC (150 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Bethune, SC has more employees than the Chicken egg production 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
2020	4.4	2.2	6	0
2019	3.7	3.1	6	0
2018	6.0	2.7	8	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112310 · SC · Bethune

351 Chicken egg production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 5 employers in Bethune, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Martin	MARTIN, MI	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Delta	DELTA, UT	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pulaski County Egg Farm	FRANCESVILLE, IN	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S&R Egg Farm Inc.	WHITEWATER, WI	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BU 530 BLYTHE CONSTRUCTION COLUMBIA	WEST COLUMBIA	150 FTE
STATE-SIZE	IPG- Blythewood	BLYTHEWOOD	150 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DCL Corporation (BP), LLC	GOOSE CREEK	150 FTE
STATE-SIZE	3D Systems - Marine Drive	ROCK HILL	150 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bethune	Bethune	112 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Unlimited Contract Services Bethune	Bethune	98 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BETHUNE SITE	Bethune	74 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southern Felt Co Bethune	Bethune	20 FTE
NAT-TCR	Fig Farm	Fresno, CA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Raley's 302-Galt	Twin Cities Rd, CA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hc22-222-Bethesda Care Center	Fremont, OH	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bus Garage	North St. Paul, MN	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	School District of Brodhead	Brodhead, WI	150 FTE
NAT-SIZE	People Now, Inc./ Centric- COI	City of Industry, CA	150 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Henry County Nursing Home	Paris, TN	150 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vizient Manufacturing Solutions, Inc.	Bettendorf, IA	150 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.