Animal fats rendering · Michigan

Darling Ingredients

Hamilton, MI · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darling Ingredients runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal fats rendering workplace, earning a grade F.

Darling Ingredients: 9.6 TCR = 289% of Animal fats rendering BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients safety composite

Darling Ingredients scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

−0.8

2018→2021

Darling Ingredients injury rate improved

Darling Ingredients's TCR fell 0.8 from 10.6 in 2018 to 9.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.6 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=9.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Hamilton, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 289% of ind

  • DART 9.8 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients Dallas, TX (0.2 TCR gap)

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Darling Ingredients in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darling Ingredients averages 9.6 TCR (289% 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 TCR series: 2018=10.6 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=9.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients falls in its industry

151 Animal fats rendering establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Animal fats rendering employers in Michigan.

Darling Ingredients (44 employees, TCR 9.6) 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
Darling Ingredients (44 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Darling Ingredients 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
2021 9.8 9.8 5 0 0
2020 8.3 6.2 4 0 0
2018 10.6 7.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · MI · Hamilton

151 Animal fats rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 14 employers in Hamilton, MI · 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 Dallas, TX 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Bi Products Long Prairie 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Inc. Collinsville, OK 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanimax ATO 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE NW Planning & Design Center 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Macomb 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesee County Water & Waste Services 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anthony Ragnone Treatment Plant 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dykhuis Farms 162 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2794_5337 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Lakes Superior Walls 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brink Farms Inc. 73 FTE
NAT-TCR Ultra Dairy LLC 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Chapman-Randall Dining Commons 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ridout - Rogers 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR East Greenbush Lodging Associates, LLC 9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABP-Jefferson City 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE ADCON Signs 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Drury Inn & Suites - Charlotte Northlake 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apache - Westlake Petro 44 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: 2021, 2020, 2018. 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.