Grease rendering · Indiana

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana

Columbus, IN · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana runs at 354% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grease rendering workplace, earning a grade F.

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana: 11.7 TCR = 354% of Grease rendering BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana safety composite

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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 11.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana: 10.2 → 16.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 16.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2021

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana's TCR rose 6.4 from 10.2 in 2016 to 16.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Columbus, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 354% of ind

  • DART 12.4 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients (0.1 TCR gap)

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Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana averages 11.7 TCR (354% of the Grease rendering BLS benchmark).

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

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=13.5 · 2018=6.5 · 2021=16.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana falls in its industry

151 Grease rendering establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Grease rendering employers in Indiana.

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana (23 employees, TCR 11.7) 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 Columbus Indiana
Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana (23 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana has fewer employees than the Grease rendering 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
2021 16.6 12.4 4 0 0
2018 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2017 13.5 13.5 4 0 0
2016 10.2 6.8 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · IN · Columbus

151 Grease rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 141 employers in Columbus, IN · 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 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients: St. Louis 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients - Hamilton 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Butler Rendering 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prairie's Edge Farming Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pineywoods Farm 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greensburg 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyota Material Handling, Inc. 1,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR NTN Driveshaft Inc. 1,756 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbus Engine Plant 1,335 FTE
CITY-NEAR Commons Office Building 1,248 FTE
NAT-TCR 725 Opto Building 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR OPP 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR el super #49 long beach 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida 11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fairfield Inn Santa Cruz 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palo Alto Medical Foundation (378-98005) 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE California Pacific Medical Center (274-HC-WC1) 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grandview Winnelson 23 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: 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.