Rendering plants · California

Darling Ingredients Inc

San Francisco, CA · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darling Ingredients Inc runs at 229% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rendering plants workplace, earning a grade F.

Darling Ingredients Inc: 7.6 TCR = 229% of Rendering plants BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients Inc safety composite

Darling Ingredients Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−4.9

2017→2024

Darling Ingredients Inc injury rate improved

Darling Ingredients Inc's TCR fell 4.9 from 10.1 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.1 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=9.4 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=11.5 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · San Francisco, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 229% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

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

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Darling Ingredients Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc averages 7.6 TCR (229% 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 Inc TCR series: 2017=10.1 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=9.4 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=11.5 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients Inc 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 California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Rendering plants employers in California.

Darling Ingredients Inc (43 employees, TCR 7.6) 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 Inc
Darling Ingredients Inc (43 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Darling Ingredients Inc has fewer 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
2024 5.2 5.2 2 0 0
2023 11.5 9.2 5 0 0
2022 6.8 6.8 3 0 0
2021 6.1 6.1 3 0 0
2020 9.4 9.4 5 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2018 7.2 5.7 4 1 0
2017 10.1 8.7 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · CA · San Francisco

151 Rendering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,144 employers in San Francisco, CA · 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 Clinton 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Berlin WI Darling Ingredients 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mountain View Rendering Co., LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RVI-Forest 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert & Sandra Garcia Farming Partnership 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARVIN ADMINISTRATION 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donald W Beeman 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE KG Vineyard Management, LLC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Francisco 18,070 FTE
CITY-NEAR DoorDash, Inc. 12,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC San Francisco Health 12,262 FTE
CITY-NEAR SFO - Airport United Airlines Offices 11,622 FTE
NAT-TCR Illinois 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TXME 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Wholesale Tire- Kansas City 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Branch 104 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Prospect Heights Fire District 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apple Tree Partnership 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE 07-Hall 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE The House on the Rock Resort 43 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.