Darling International Inc
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DES MOINES, IA | Meat and bone meal and tankage, produced in rendering plant
~49 avg employees | 4 years of OSHA data
Darling International Inc has an average TCR of 18.3, which is 555% of the industry average (3.3) for Meat and bone meal and tankage, produced in rendering plant. This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for Darling International Inc
Darling International Inc operates an establishment with approximately 49 full-time equivalent workers in DES MOINES, IA, classified under the Meat and bone meal and tankage, produced in rendering plant industry (NAICS 311613). Across 4 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 38 recordable injuries, 4 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 18.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Meat and bone meal and tankage, produced in rendering plant, Darling International Inc's workforce experiences 555% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 4 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Darling International Inc as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Darling International Inc's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311613 — Meat and bone meal and tankage, produced in rendering plant.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2022)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
6 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 108,619 hours worked = 11.05 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Darling International Inc (this establishment) | 18.30 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Oil, animal, rendering industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311613 |
| Iowa state avg (all industries) | 9.40 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Darling International Inc to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2022: 7 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 14 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 8 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 13 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.9 | 11.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 25.3 | 21.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 21.8 | 18.4 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
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