Animal fats rendering · Texas
Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop
Bastrop, TX · ~95 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop runs at 324% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal fats rendering workplace, earning a grade F.
Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop: 10.7 TCR = 324% of Animal fats rendering BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop safety composite
Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.57 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 Inc., Bastrop: 7.3 → 13.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 14.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.08× in 2024
Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop's TCR rose 6.1 from 7.3 in 2016 to 13.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311613 · Bastrop, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 324% of ind
- DART 11.6 DART
- RANK #12/13
- PHOTO PACIFIC BIOPRODUCTS …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 64 inj
- SIZE ~95 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: PACIFIC BIOPRODUCTS WARRENTON (0.1 TCR gap)
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Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Butler Renderi
Butler Rendering
11.2 TCR
- Darling Kuna
Darling Kuna
11 TCR
- This site
Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop
10.7 TCR
- PACIFIC BIOPRO
PACIFIC BIOPRODUCTS WARRENTON
10.6 TCR
- Darling Ingred
Darling Ingredients, Inc.
10.2 TCR
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop averages 10.7 TCR (324% of the Animal fats rendering BLS benchmark).
Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2017=9.9 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=12.6 · 2024=13.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop falls in its industry
151 Animal fats rendering establishmentsSafer than 11% 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 #12 safest of 13 Animal fats rendering employers in Texas.
Darling Ingredients Inc., Bastrop has more employees than the Animal fats 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311613 · TX · Bastrop
151 Animal fats rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 44 employers in Bastrop, 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 | PACIFIC BIOPRODUCTS WARRENTON | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Darling Kuna | 11.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Butler Rendering | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Darling Ingredients, Inc. | 10.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CenterPoint Energy - North District Houston | 95 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pacesetter Homes, LLC | 95 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rockin R Construction | 95 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hillsboro Concrete Buildings | 95 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-TXAUS41 | 799 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bastrop, TX | 660 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1042 | 332 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1042 | 308 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Keystone Quality Transport Company - NE Base | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Masonicare Health Center | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Superior Welding & Manufacturing | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Montgomery Truss | 10.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | HopeWest - Ferris Care Center | 95 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Villages at Forest Springs | 95 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lowes Foods #206 | 95 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lowes Foods #259 | 95 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.