Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, luncheon meats, sausages) made from a combination of poultry and other meats · Nebraska
Cargill Protein
Columbus, NE · ~312 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cargill Protein runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, luncheon meats, sausages) made from a combination of poultry and other meats workplace, earning a grade D.
Cargill Protein: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, luncheon meats, sausages) made from a combination of poultry and other meats BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cargill Protein safety composite
Cargill Protein scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 54% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Cargill Protein: 3.0 → 4.1 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2023
Cargill Protein's TCR rose 1.0 from 3.0 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · Columbus, NE ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #1/6
- PHOTO Sanderson Farms Braz…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 88 inj
- SIZE ~312 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sanderson Farms Brazos Processing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cargill Protein in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Cargill Protein
5.4 TCR
- Sanderson Farm
Sanderson Farms Brazos Processing
5.4 TCR
- Joe Jurgielewi
Joe Jurgielewicz & Son LTD
5.3 TCR
- Natural State
Natural State Processing
5.3 TCR
- Dothan process
Dothan processing plant
5.3 TCR
What this shows Cargill Protein averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, luncheon meats, sausages) made from a combination of poultry and other meats BLS benchmark).
Cargill Protein TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=6.8 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=5 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=4.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Cargill Protein falls in its industry
509 Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, employers in Nebraska.
Cargill Protein has fewer employees than the Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, luncheon median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 22 | 17 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 12 | 15 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · NE · Columbus
509 Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, luncheon meats, sausages) made from a combination of poultry and other meats employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 91 employers in Columbus, NE · 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 | Sanderson Farms Brazos Processing | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Joe Jurgielewicz & Son LTD | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Natural State Processing | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dothan processing plant | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | JEO Consulting Group, Inc. | 312 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gretna - Main Store | 311 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HG9 | 313 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawkins Construction | 310 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BD Columbus West | 1,148 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BD Pharmaceutical Systems | 971 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Columbus Community Hospital | 833 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BD Columbus East | 762 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Legacy Regional transport | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Plant 2 & 3 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Proform Group Inc | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital - Bradford | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bahnson, Inc | 312 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Il Cmop | 312 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Richard E. Pierson Construction Co, Inc. | 312 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Benson's Bakery | 312 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.