Animal fats rendering · Virginia

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division

Name: Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Winchester, VA · ~80 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal fats rendering workplace, earning a grade D.

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division: 4.8 TCR = 145% of Animal fats rendering BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division safety composite

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−4.8

2023→2024

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division injury rate improved

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division's TCR fell 4.8 from 7.2 in 2023 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.2 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Winchester, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 145% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #2/5
PHOTO HRR Enterprises, INC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HRR Enterprises, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.8
HRR Enterprise

4.8
SMITHFIELD - G

4.8
Ellenwood

4.8
Darling Ingred

4.7

What this shows Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division averages 4.8 TCR (145% of the Animal fats rendering BLS benchmark).

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division TCR series: 2023=7.2 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division falls in its industry

151 Animal fats rendering establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Animal fats rendering employers in Virginia.

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division (80 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Darling Ingredients - Winchester Division has more employees than the Animal fats rendering median and a lower 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	2.4	2.4	2	0	0
2023	7.2	6.0	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · VA · Winchester

151 Animal fats rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 211 employers in Winchester, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	HRR Enterprises, INC	LA PORTE, IN	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SMITHFIELD - Godwin	GODWIN, NC	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ellenwood	ELLENWOOD, GA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Darling Ingredients dba/DAR PRO Solutions	ORLANDO, FL	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Concrete Polishing and Restoration LLC	STERLING	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Roanoke Service Building	ROANOKE	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	David A. Nice Builders, Inc.	WILLIAMSBURG	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Christian Siding LLC	STERLING	80 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Winchester Medical Center	Winchester	2,745 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rubbermaid Commercial Products	Winchester	850 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rubbermaid Commercial Products Valley Avenue	Winchester	767 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VHS Corporate	Winchester	760 FTE
NAT-TCR	129 Ofallon	O'Fallon, MO	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	VWGoA NARDC/PDC	Cranbury, NJ	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ohpiq - Piqua	Piqua, OH	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nesco - Scottsbluff	Scottsbluff, NE	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Residence at Valley Farm	Ashland, MA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Frontiere Natural Meats, LLC	Denver, CO	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Global Machine Works	Arlington, WA	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ohfrm - Fremont Center	Fremont, OH	80 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.