Rendering plants · Illinois
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis
National Stockyards, IL · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis runs at 351% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rendering plants workplace, earning a grade F.
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis: 11.6 TCR = 351% of Rendering plants BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis safety composite
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% 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
−3.6
2019→2024
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis injury rate improved
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis's TCR fell 3.6 from 6.4 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 20.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=6.4 · 2020=20.0 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=20.1 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311613 · National Stockyards, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 351% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #8/9
- PHOTO Darling Ingredients …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~38 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana (0.1 TCR gap)
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Darling Ingredients: St. Louis in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Darling Ingred
Darling Ingredients - Hamilton
12.1 TCR
- Darling Ingred
Darling Ingredients Columbus Indiana
11.7 TCR
- Darling Ingred
Darling Ingredients
11.7 TCR
- This site
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis
11.6 TCR
- Butler Renderi
Butler Rendering
11.2 TCR
What this shows Darling Ingredients: St. Louis averages 11.6 TCR (351% of the Rendering plants BLS benchmark).
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis TCR series: 2019=6.4 · 2020=20 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=20.1 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Darling Ingredients: St. Louis falls in its industry
151 Rendering plants establishmentsSafer than 9% 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 #8 safest of 9 Rendering plants employers in Illinois.
Darling Ingredients: St. Louis 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 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20.1 | 17.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 20.0 | 17.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311613 · IL · National Stockyards
151 Rendering plants 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 Columbus Indiana | 11.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Darling Ingredients | 11.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Butler Rendering | 11.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Darling Ingredients - Hamilton | 12.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GDM Seeds, Inc - Gibson City, IL | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Distribution Operating - Peoria | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 629 - Distribution Operating - Peoria | 38 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Freeport | 38 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stockyards Facility | 32 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Quality Custom Distribution Aurora | 11.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brotman Medical Center | 11.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Coast FL Enterprises, Inc | 11.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mayoka Services, LLC | 11.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mosaic Liberal | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | A. Scott Enterprises, Inc | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Inland Asphalt Company - Central WA | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Schroeder Movings Systems Inc | 38 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.