Poultry Processing · Mississippi

Ceres Plant

Vicksburg, MS · ~550 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Ceres Plant runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ceres Plant: 6.8 TCR = 205% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ceres Plant safety composite

Ceres Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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→2023

Ceres Plant injury rate improved

Ceres Plant's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.9 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=13.3 · 2021=17.6 · 2022=11.6 · 2023=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Vicksburg, MS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 205% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #38/41
  • PHOTO Harbeson DE Processi…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~550 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harbeson DE Processing Facility (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ceres Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ceres Plant averages 6.8 TCR (205% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Ceres Plant TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=13.3 · 2021=17.6 · 2022=11.6 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Ceres Plant falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 41 Poultry Processing employers in Mississippi.

Ceres Plant (550 employees, TCR 6.8) 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 Ceres Plant
Ceres Plant (550 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ceres 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
2023 1.1 0.2 2 4 0
2022 11.6 11.3 2 54 0
2021 17.6 17.4 1 77 0
2020 13.3 13.1 2 63 1
2019 0.6 0.6 3 0 0
2018 1.2 1.1 6 1 0
2017 1.9 1.1 9 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MS · Vicksburg

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 68 employers in Vicksburg, MS · 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 Harbeson DE Processing Facility 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grimaud Farms plant 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pilgrims Processing and Administration 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eufaula Fresh Plant 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Continental Tire the Americas, LLC 548 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast 547 FTE
STATE-SIZE BorgWarner 543 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silver Slipper Casino Venture LLC 539 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merit Health River Region 781 FTE
CITY-NEAR ACE-IT 623 FTE
CITY-NEAR Casino and Hotel 600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vicksburg Plant 440 FTE
NAT-TCR Medicalodges Arkansas City 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dept. of Public Safety (45) 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nelcorp Electrical Contracting 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Yukon Base - Bld: 0289 - 15 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE San Diego Humane Society & Spca 550 FTE
NAT-SIZE SEGLC 550 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hermiston or 550 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bon Secours Community Hospital 550 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.