Prepared Food Manufacturing · Alabama
Decatur East
Decatur, AL · ~471 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Decatur East runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Prepared Food Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Decatur East: 3.8 TCR = 93% of Prepared Food Manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Decatur East safety composite
Decatur East scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
−1.5
2019→2024
Decatur East injury rate improved
Decatur East's TCR fell 1.5 from 3.3 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=3.3 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=1.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311991 · Decatur, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 93% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK P62
- PHOTO Field Roast
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 87 inj
- SIZE ~471 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Field Roast (0.0 TCR gap)
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Decatur East in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Field Roast
Field Roast
3.9 TCR
- Traditions Pre
Traditions Prepared Meals
3.9 TCR
- McKinney
McKinney
3.9 TCR
- This site
Decatur East
3.8 TCR
- Kitchen Fresh
Kitchen Fresh Foods LLC
3.8 TCR
What this shows Decatur East averages 3.8 TCR (93% of the Prepared Food Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Decatur East TCR series: 2019=3.3 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 4.1
Where Decatur East falls in its industry
376 Prepared Food Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Decatur East has more employees than the Prepared Food Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311991 · AL · Decatur
376 Prepared Food Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 239 employers in Decatur, AL · 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 | Field Roast | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Traditions Prepared Meals | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kitchen Fresh Foods LLC | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McKinney | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Keystone Foods Gadsden Al | 471 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heat Transfer Products Group, LLC | 472 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kasai North America, Inc. - Talladega, AL | 470 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hanwha Advanced Materials America LLC. Opelika | 470 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Supply Chain - Decatur | 1,450 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Decatur processing plant | 885 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ULA-Decatur | 701 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Decatur Fresh Plant | 671 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Greenville County | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northern Elementary | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Wire & Cable Corp. | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Merryman Farr, LLC | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | BAK, Inc. | 471 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Location 1 | 471 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hexcel Salt Lake City Carbon Fibers | 471 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Assembly Facility | 471 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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