Fats, animal, rendering · Minnesota

Darling Ingredients, Inc.

Blue Earth, MN · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darling Ingredients, Inc. runs at 309% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fats, animal, rendering workplace, earning a grade F.

Darling Ingredients, Inc.: 10.2 TCR = 309% 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 total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−2.4

2022→2023

Darling Ingredients, Inc. injury rate improved

Darling Ingredients, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.4 from 11.4 in 2022 to 9.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=11.4 · 2023=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Blue Earth, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 309% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients-…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients-Russellville (0.2 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 10.2 TCR (309% of the Fats, animal, rendering BLS benchmark).

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

Darling Ingredients, Inc. TCR series: 2022=11.4 · 2023=9 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients, Inc. falls in its industry

151 Fats, animal, rendering establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Fats, animal, rendering employers in Minnesota.

Darling Ingredients, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 10.2) 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.
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 10.2) 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 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
2023 9.0 6.8 4 0 0
2022 11.4 11.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · MN · Blue Earth

151 Fats, animal, rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 15 employers in Blue Earth, MN · 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-Russellville 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR County Services - Plainview 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Inc. Collinsville, OK 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PACIFIC BIOPRODUCTS WARRENTON 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prairie Moon Nursery 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Olivia MN R&D 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Counties Cooperative Litchfield 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2011-Stanton, MN (Monsanto Co.) 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Hospital District 259 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Lukes Main 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kerry Blue Earth 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2892_5597 144 FTE
NAT-TCR Gold Star FS, Inc. Aledo 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Vancouver-NE 136th #049 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 815 Sw Bond St 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Cal OCS* 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Columbus GA Dirt Cheap 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enterprise Dirt Cheap 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulfport Dirt Cheap 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piala's Nursery & Garden Shop, Inc 36 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. 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.