OVC CRUSH / REFINE / PACKAGING · Alabama

Decatur (Ovc)

Decatur, AL · ~205 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Decatur (Ovc) runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical OVC CRUSH / REFINE / PACKAGING workplace, earning a grade C.

Decatur (Ovc): 3.7 TCR = 113% of OVC CRUSH / REFINE / PACKAGING BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Decatur (Ovc) safety composite

Decatur (Ovc) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−2.1

2016→2017

Decatur (Ovc) injury rate improved

Decatur (Ovc)'s TCR fell 2.1 from 4.8 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311224 · Decatur, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 113% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK P38
  • PHOTO Premium Peanut
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~205 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Premium Peanut (0.0 TCR gap)

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Decatur (Ovc) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Decatur (Ovc) averages 3.7 TCR (113% of the OVC CRUSH / REFINE / PACKAGING BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Decatur (Ovc) TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Decatur (Ovc) falls in its industry

146 OVC CRUSH / REFINE / PACKAGING establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Decatur (Ovc) (205 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Decatur (Ovc)
Decatur (Ovc) (205 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Decatur (Ovc) has more employees than the OVC CRUSH / REFINE / PACKAGING median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2017 2.7 1.8 5 1 0
2016 4.8 3.8 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311224 · AL · Decatur

146 OVC CRUSH / REFINE / PACKAGING 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 Premium Peanut 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mankato (PFI) 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solae, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bushnell Protein Plant 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kateri Powerline Solutions LLC 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mesker Huntsville 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heritage Wire Harness, LLC 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Showa Best Glove, Inc. Fayette Division 205 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 Office/Plant 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cloverleaf Cold Storage-Napoleon 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Clear Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #130 (River Falls, WI) 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clarksville (Incla) 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ineos Abs USA LLC 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shorrock Gardens Care Center, Inc. 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fargo Assembly Of Pa, Inc. 205 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: 2017, 2016. 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.