Recyclable material collection services · Iowa

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton

Name: Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Alton, IA · ~21 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.3
Avg TCR: 2.6
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable material collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton: 7.3 TCR = 280% of Recyclable material collection services BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton safety composite

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.6 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%).

Rising injury rate

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton: 4.2 → 9.2 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 13.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2021

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton's TCR rose 5.0 from 4.2 in 2016 to 9.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Alton, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 280% of ind

DART 4.6 DART
RANK #14/24
PHOTO S04175 - Greencastle…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04175 - Greencastle Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton averages 7.3 TCR (280% of the Recyclable material collection services BLS benchmark).

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=13.2 · 2018=8 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=9.2 · BLS 2.6

Where Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton falls in its industry

2,322 Recyclable material collection establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 24 Recyclable material collection employers in Iowa.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton (21 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Darling Ingredients Inc. Alton has fewer employees than the Recyclable material collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2021	9.2	4.6	2
2020	4.8	0.0	1
2019	4.2	4.2	1
2018	8.0	0.0	2
2017	13.2	4.4	3
2016	4.2	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IA · Alton

2,322 Recyclable material collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Alton, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	S04175 - Greencastle Hauling	GREENCASTLE, PA	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CARDS NEO, LLC	FAIRLAND, OK	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S04898 - Delaware Valley South	PRIMOS, PA	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Waste Pro 605 - Jackson	JACKSON, MS	7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Audubon Vet Clinic	AUDUBON	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Handlos South	HARLAN	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VALO BioMedia NA, LLC. Adel Farm	ADEL	21 FTE
STATE-SIZE	K & B Ag Supply	FAIRFAX	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alton	Alton	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Darling Ingredients - Alton	Alton	19 FTE
NAT-TCR	Greyhound Lines Inc	Charlotte, NC	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Touchmark at Meadow Lake Village LLC	Meridian, ID	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Okc #97	Tuttle, OK	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Swire Coca-Cola of Kingman	Kingman, AZ	7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lowry Enterprises Inc	New Braunfels, TX	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alta Equipment Company Saginaw	Saginaw, MI	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Easton Coach Company - Warren County	Phillipsburg, NJ	21 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hampton Inn	Phoenix, AZ	21 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.