Animal fats rendering · Colorado

Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver

Denver, CO · ~34 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal fats rendering workplace, earning a grade F.

Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver: 7.0 TCR = 212% of Animal fats rendering BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver safety composite

Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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 7 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver held a steady TCR band

Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver's TCR held near 0.0 from 4.2 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=15.3 · 2020=10.5 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 212% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK P32
  • PHOTO RVI-Harmony
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RVI-Harmony (0.0 TCR gap)

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Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver averages 7.0 TCR (212% 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 Denver TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=15.3 · 2020=10.5 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver falls in its industry

151 Animal fats rendering establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver (34 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 Denver
Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver (34 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Darling Ingredients, Inc Denver has fewer 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 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2023 6.7 6.7 3 0 0
2022 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2021 6.9 6.9 3 0 0
2020 10.5 4.2 5 0 0
2019 15.3 10.9 7 0 0
2018 10.8 10.8 5 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.2 2.1 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · CO · Denver

151 Animal fats rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 RVI-Harmony 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fieldale Farms - Toccoa Protein Conversion Plant 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tacoma Darling Ingredients 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR RVI-Hanceville 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nucla Generating Station 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Colorado Maintenance Center 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Limon Headquarters 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brikor Associates Inc 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN DEN 9,832 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-DEN 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices 5,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-01 4,581 FTE
NAT-TCR Mills Home Campus 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Expediting Co., Inc. CVG 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hennis Care Centre of Dover 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kovilic Construction Co., Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn and Suites - Jacksonville 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fit Tight Covers 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lucerne Feed Delivery -Est 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Laurinburg Feed Delivery -Est 34 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, 2016. 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.