Rendering plants · Nebraska

Darling Ingredients Inc.

Lexington, NE · ~40 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Darling Ingredients Inc. runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rendering plants workplace, earning a grade F.

Darling Ingredients Inc.: 7.2 TCR = 219% of Rendering plants BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients Inc. safety composite

Darling Ingredients Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−9.6

2016→2024

Darling Ingredients Inc. injury rate improved

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s TCR fell 9.6 from 14.0 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.0 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=9.0 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Lexington, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 219% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Progressive Protein
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Progressive Protein (0.0 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 7.2 TCR (219% of the Rendering plants BLS benchmark).

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

Darling Ingredients Inc. TCR series: 2016=14 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=9 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients Inc. falls in its industry

151 Rendering plants establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Rendering plants employers in Nebraska.

Darling Ingredients Inc. (40 employees, TCR 7.2) 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. (40 employees, TCR 7.2) 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 Rendering plants 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 4.4 2.2 2 0 0
2023 9.0 9.0 4 0 0
2022 6.1 6.1 3 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2020 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2019 8.7 5.2 4 1 0
2018 6.6 6.6 4 0 0
2017 12.4 10.8 8 0 1
2016 14.0 12.4 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · NE · Lexington

151 Rendering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 27 employers in Lexington, NE · 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 Progressive Protein 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terra Renewal Inc 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RVI-Clarksville 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Inc. - Terre Hill, Pa. 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frenchman Valley Produce, Inc. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSS Farms, LLC Columbus, NE 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olson Farms 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cheever Construction 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lexington Plant 2,926 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 637 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 637 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lexington Regional Health Center 260 FTE
NAT-TCR Prospect International Airport Services TUS 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TTWI- Los Angeles, CA 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin County 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SAV 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Darling Kuna 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #97 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electrical Energy Systems Corporation 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHEP Wilmington Service Center (US1M) 40 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.