Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing · North Carolina
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant
Morganton, NC · ~975 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing workplace, earning a grade A.
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant safety composite
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% 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%).
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant held a steady TCR band
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.5 in 2022 to 1.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=1.5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · Morganton, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK #12/32
- PHOTO Perry Plant
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~975 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Perry Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant
1.6 TCR
- Perry Plant
Perry Plant
1.6 TCR
- Lewiston Plant
Lewiston Plant
1.6 TCR
- To- Ricos
To- Ricos
1.6 TCR
- Alabama Plant
Alabama Plant 1
1.6 TCR
What this shows Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS benchmark).
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant TCR series: 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant falls in its industry
509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing establishmentsSafer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 32 Poultry slaughtering, dressing employers in North Carolina.
Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant has more employees than the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and pack median and a lower 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 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · NC · Morganton
509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 106 employers in Morganton, 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 | Perry Plant | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lewiston Plant | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | To- Ricos | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alabama Plant 1 | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | INT-WINSTON-SALEM | 975 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FSC II, LLC dba Fred Smith Company | 974 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corning Optical Communications (COC) : Concord, NC | 974 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2807-0960 | 974 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL | 3,263 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc. | 1,461 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0090-BRHC Hospitals | 1,460 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Broughton Hospital | 1,198 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Schuster Ready Mix, LLC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DLG International | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sikes Brothers Inc | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Redmond School District | 975 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Escondido | 975 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AIRES, LLC-all | 975 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Honeywell Torrance | 975 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.