Fats, animal, rendering · Illinois
Darling Ingredients Inc
National Stock Yards, IL · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 13.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Darling Ingredients Inc runs at 398% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fats, animal, rendering workplace, earning a grade F.
Darling Ingredients Inc: 13.1 TCR = 398% of Fats, animal, rendering BLS 3.3 · 2y 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 dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 13.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 15.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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: 8.4 → 17.8 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 17.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2017
Darling Ingredients Inc's TCR rose 9.4 from 8.4 in 2016 to 17.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311613 · National Stock Yards, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 13.1 · 398% of ind
- DART 15.8 DART
- RANK #9/9
- PHOTO Darling Ingredients …
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients - Somerset (0.3 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
- Central Bi Pro
Central Bi Products Estherville
14 TCR
- Protein Conver
Protein Conversion
13.5 TCR
- This site
Darling Ingredients Inc
13.1 TCR
- Darling Ingred
Darling Ingredients - Somerset
12.8 TCR
- Protein Produc
Protein Products, Inc.
12.3 TCR
What this shows Darling Ingredients Inc averages 13.1 TCR (398% of the Fats, animal, rendering BLS benchmark).
Darling Ingredients Inc TCR series: 2016=8.4 · 2017=17.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Darling Ingredients Inc falls in its industry
151 Fats, animal, rendering establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Fats, animal, rendering employers in Illinois.
Darling Ingredients Inc has fewer employees than the Fats, animal, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311613 · IL · National Stock Yards
151 Fats, animal, rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 - Somerset | 12.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Protein Conversion | 13.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Protein Products, Inc. | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Central Bi Products Estherville | 14.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Curtis Orchard Ltd | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tuscola | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lewis Seed Farms, Inc. - Ursa | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aurora Fleet Facility | 37 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sunnking Inc. | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Commerce City (Coden) | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | B-XII Ridgefield LLC | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fre 70 | 13.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Clarion Suites | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0337 - Hempstead, Ny | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0225 - Mc Allen, Tx | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0093 - Springfield, Mo | 37 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.