Rendering plants · Texas
Darling Ingredients Dallas
Dallas, TX · ~77 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Darling Ingredients Dallas runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Rendering plants workplace, earning a grade D.
Darling Ingredients Dallas: 5.3 TCR = 161% of Rendering plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Darling Ingredients Dallas safety composite
Darling Ingredients Dallas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% 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
−2.6
2023→2024
Darling Ingredients Dallas injury rate improved
Darling Ingredients Dallas's TCR fell 2.6 from 6.6 in 2023 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=6.6 · 2024=4.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311613 · Dallas, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 161% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #8/13
- PHOTO Atlanta 070
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~77 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Atlanta 070 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Darling Ingredients Dallas in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- PLANT 180
PLANT 180
5.6 TCR
- This site
Darling Ingredients Dallas
5.3 TCR
- Atlanta 070
Atlanta 070
5.3 TCR
- Resource Recov
Resource Recovery Plant
5.2 TCR
- RVI-Cuthbert
RVI-Cuthbert
5.2 TCR
What this shows Darling Ingredients Dallas averages 5.3 TCR (161% of the Rendering plants BLS benchmark).
Darling Ingredients Dallas TCR series: 2023=6.6 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3
Where Darling Ingredients Dallas falls in its industry
151 Rendering plants establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 13 Rendering plants employers in Texas.
Darling Ingredients Dallas has more employees than the Rendering plants median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311613 · TX · Dallas
151 Rendering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 2,187 employers in Dallas, 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 | Atlanta 070 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Resource Recovery Plant | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RVI-Cuthbert | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PLANT 180 | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | FLOYDADA COOP GIN 2 | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Holman Well Service | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Woodlands Service Center | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Huntsville | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AECOM DCS (US Operations) | 15,100 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rexel USA, Inc | 8,356 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1 CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER OF DALLAS | 6,147 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HDQ - Headquarters | 5,764 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kingsley Manor | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cthar - Hartford | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Njtin - Tinton Falls | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wvclk - Clarksburg | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | RHCC Auburn | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Iowa City Service Center | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Laird | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | STR0503 | 77 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.