Rendering plants · Iowa

Darling Ingredients Clinton

Clinton, IA · ~53 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darling Ingredients Clinton runs at 233% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rendering plants workplace, earning a grade F.

Darling Ingredients Clinton: 7.7 TCR = 233% of Rendering plants BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients Clinton safety composite

Darling Ingredients Clinton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.4

2016→2022

Darling Ingredients Clinton injury rate improved

Darling Ingredients Clinton's TCR fell 1.4 from 11.3 in 2016 to 9.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.3 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=9.5 · 2022=9.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Clinton, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 233% of ind

  • DART 8.5 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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Darling Ingredients Clinton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darling Ingredients Clinton averages 7.7 TCR (233% of the Rendering plants BLS benchmark).

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

Darling Ingredients Clinton TCR series: 2016=11.3 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=9.5 · 2022=9.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients Clinton falls in its industry

151 Rendering plants establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Rendering plants employers in Iowa.

Darling Ingredients Clinton (53 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Darling Ingredients Clinton
Darling Ingredients Clinton (53 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Darling Ingredients Clinton has more employees than the Rendering plants median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2022 9.9 8.5 7 0 0
2021 9.5 7.9 6 0 0
2020 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2019 7.2 2.9 4 1 0
2018 6.8 5.4 5 0 0
2017 5.9 3.0 4 0 0
2016 11.3 8.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · IA · Clinton

151 Rendering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 78 employers in Clinton, IA · 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 Darling Ingredients Inc 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR RVI-Forest 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR RVI-Robards 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berlin WI Darling Ingredients 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Boyden IA 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Fertilizer & Grain Co 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Streb Construction Co., Inc. 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caliber Concrete LLC 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clinton Corn Plant 641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center North Campus 592 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center-North Campus-MHS-IA/NE 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nestle Purina Clinton IA 496 FTE
NAT-TCR Allied Kansas City Front St. 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Kansas City 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 0502 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR HG369 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miller Wire Works Birmingham 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mauser Packaging Solutions-Monroe 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tops #371 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSR Roofing Contractors, Inc. 53 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.