Rendering animals (carrion) for feed · Florida

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton

Starke, FL · ~67 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Rendering animals (carrion) for feed workplace, earning a grade D.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton: 5.0 TCR = 151% of Rendering animals (carrion) for feed BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton safety composite

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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. Hampton: 5.4 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.35× in 2023

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton's TCR rose 1.3 from 5.4 in 2019 to 6.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Starke, FL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 151% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO 39-2495346
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 39-2495346 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton averages 5.0 TCR (151% of the Rendering animals (carrion) for feed BLS benchmark).

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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton TCR series: 2019=5.4 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=5 · 2023=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton falls in its industry

151 Rendering animals (carrion) fo establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Florida alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Rendering animals (carrion) fo employers in Florida.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton (67 employees, TCR 5.0) 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. Hampton
Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton (67 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton has more employees than the Rendering animals (carrion) for feed median and a lower 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
2023 6.7 6.7 6 0 0
2022 5.0 3.8 4 0 0
2021 5.1 3.8 4 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · FL · Starke

151 Rendering animals (carrion) for feed employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 14 employers in Starke, FL · 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 39-2495346 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMITHFIELD - Godwin 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ellenwood 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR HRR Enterprises, INC 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pompano Beach Service Center 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-County Electric Cooperative 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Florida Constructors, LLC-Miami 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1283 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1283 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starke Terminal 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center 207 FTE
NAT-TCR Federal Direct 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Parts Authority Huron 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brampton Brick 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CoLinx, LLC. Industrial Boulvard Facility 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Washington DC Neighborhood 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSA Pacific - Cruise (Breakbulk) 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advantage Management Corporation 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Novocure NY 67 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.