Poultry Processing · Texas

Carthage Plant

Carthage, TX · ~562 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Carthage Plant runs at 242% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade F.

Carthage Plant: 8.0 TCR = 242% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carthage Plant safety composite

Carthage Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 32% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 6%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 6% 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

−0.8

2017→2024

Carthage Plant injury rate improved

Carthage Plant's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.3 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 18.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.3 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=12.3 · 2021=18.9 · 2022=16.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Carthage, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 242% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #23/24
  • PHOTO Amick Farms, LLC Pro…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 103 inj
  • SIZE ~562 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amick Farms, LLC Processing Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carthage Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carthage Plant averages 8.0 TCR (242% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Carthage Plant TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=12.3 · 2021=18.9 · 2022=16.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Carthage Plant falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 24 Poultry Processing employers in Texas.

Carthage Plant (562 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Carthage Plant
Carthage Plant (562 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Carthage Plant has fewer employees than the Poultry Processing 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
2024 2.5 2.3 10 3 0
2023 2.5 1.7 3 9 0
2022 16.6 15.9 13 60 0
2021 18.9 17.6 11 76 0
2020 12.3 11.4 12 49 1
2019 3.6 2.9 18 2 0
2018 4.3 3.7 21 3 0
2017 3.3 2.6 15 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · TX · Carthage

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 25 employers in Carthage, TX · 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 Amick Farms, LLC Processing Plant 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maple Leaf Farms, Inc., MLS Location 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Little Rock Custom Craft Poultry 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clarksville Plant 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Powerhouse Retail Services, LLC 562 FTE
STATE-SIZE Houston TX Windows 562 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shell Oil Lubricants Supply Chain- Sales & Marketing 562 FTE
STATE-SIZE 434-DC434 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Absolute Pipeline Integrity, LLC 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR D Courtney Construction 235 FTE
CITY-NEAR 523 185 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 523 183 FTE
NAT-TCR Coe Orchard Equipment, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Smith 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Piedmont Walton Hospital 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Day Program 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cermak Health Services of Cook County/Jtdc 562 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tioga Downs Racetrack LLC 562 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1849 - Atlantic Terminal 562 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Perishables Warehouse 562 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.