Animal fats rendering · Michigan

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater

Coldwater, MI · ~62 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal fats rendering workplace, earning a grade F.

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater: 9.2 TCR = 278% of Animal fats rendering BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater safety composite

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

−6.4

2016→2021

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater injury rate improved

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater's TCR fell 6.4 from 9.1 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.1 · 2017=10.1 · 2018=12.6 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Coldwater, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 278% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO Pilgrims Moorefield …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pilgrims Moorefield Protein Conversion (0.0 TCR gap)

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Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater averages 9.2 TCR (278% of the Animal fats rendering BLS benchmark).

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

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2017=10.1 · 2018=12.6 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=9 · 2021=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater falls in its industry

151 Animal fats rendering establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Animal fats rendering employers in Michigan.

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater (62 employees, TCR 9.2) 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 Coldwater
Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater (62 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Darling Ingredients Inc Coldwater 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
2021 2.7 2.7 2 0 0
2020 9.0 7.7 7 0 0
2019 11.6 6.5 6 3 0
2018 12.6 11.2 8 1 0
2017 10.1 8.7 7 0 0
2016 9.1 7.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · MI · Coldwater

151 Animal fats rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 64 employers in Coldwater, MI · 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 Pilgrims Moorefield Protein Conversion 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanimax ATO 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Bi Products Long Prairie 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Dallas, TX 9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Riveridge Land Company 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marshall 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Administration & Wastewater Operations 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lombardo Homes of St Louis 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coldwater Facility 926 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6043 912 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6043 795 FTE
CITY-NEAR ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital 537 FTE
NAT-TCR Core-Mark Las Vegas Division 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR LP Atlanta, LLC (Buckhead) 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Seneca 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZWAT 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Global Welding Services, Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mary Morrisson School 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutter Health System Office (470-FOLSOM) 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Volvo of Richmond 62 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.