Fresh meats merchant wholesalers · Colorado

Denver Processing

Denver, CO · ~276 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denver Processing runs at 217% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fresh meats merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Denver Processing: 4.8 TCR = 217% of Fresh meats merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denver Processing safety composite

Denver Processing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−2.3

2018→2024

Denver Processing injury rate improved

Denver Processing's TCR fell 2.3 from 5.9 in 2018 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.9 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424470 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.8 · 217% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Butts Foods - Birmin…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 114 inj
  • SIZE ~276 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Butts Foods - Birmingham (0.0 TCR gap)

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Denver Processing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denver Processing averages 4.8 TCR (217% of the Fresh meats merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Denver Processing TCR series: 2018=5.9 · 2019=0.6 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Denver Processing falls in its industry

162 Fresh meats merchant wholesale establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Fresh meats merchant wholesale employers in Colorado.

Denver Processing (276 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Denver Processing
Denver Processing (276 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Denver Processing has more employees than the Fresh meats merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 3.7 3.0 10 0 0
2023 6.7 6.7 17 0 0
2022 1.1 1.1 27 0 0
2021 0.5 0.5 12 0 0
2020 14.9 12.3 17 0 0
2019 0.6 0.6 14 0 0
2018 5.9 5.9 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424470 · CO · Denver

162 Fresh meats merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 Butts Foods - Birmingham 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newport Meat 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Double D Meat Company, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AVA Pork Products 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE UMC, Inc. - Colorado 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE LivaNova 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ace Hardware Retail Support Center, Colorado Springs 276 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0064 - Boulder 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN DEN 9,832 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-DEN 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices 5,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-01 4,581 FTE
NAT-TCR Franciscan Health Crown Point 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Morrilton Packing Company, Inc 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Social Vocational Services #338 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Talley Vineyards 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Duininck - MN 276 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Milwaukee Facility 276 FTE
NAT-SIZE 131 - Chantilly 276 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago 028 276 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.