Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing · Pennsylvania

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc

Mifflintown, PA · ~619 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing workplace, earning a grade D.

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc safety composite

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−0.6

2016→2024

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc injury rate improved

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc's TCR fell 0.6 from 5.0 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Mifflintown, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #9/18
  • PHOTO Southern Hens, Inc. SP
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 204 inj
  • SIZE ~619 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Hens, Inc. SP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Empire Kosher Poultry Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Empire Kosher Poultry Inc averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS benchmark).

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

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=5 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=6 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Empire Kosher Poultry Inc falls in its industry

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 18 Poultry slaughtering, dressing employers in Pennsylvania.

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc (619 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Empire Kosher Poultry Inc
Empire Kosher Poultry Inc (619 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Empire Kosher Poultry Inc has more employees than the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and pack median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 4.3 3.1 21 6 0
2023 3.2 1.7 9 10 0
2022 5.1 4.1 24 6 0
2021 5.6 3.3 25 4 0
2020 3.2 2.6 15 4 0
2019 6.0 3.7 31 5 0
2018 5.1 3.8 29 6 0
2017 5.0 4.1 25 9 0
2016 5.0 4.3 25 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · PA · Mifflintown

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 16 employers in Mifflintown, PA · 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 Southern Hens, Inc. SP 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR New American Poultry 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PILGRIMS COLD SPRING - JFC- LLC 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Washington Plant 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE LORD Corporation - Erie 619 FTE
STATE-SIZE Erie 619 FTE
STATE-SIZE ADUSA Dist DC 07 Green Castle PA 619 FTE
STATE-SIZE Temple University Health System Corporate Offices 619 FTE
CITY-NEAR 176 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tedd Wood 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brookline Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zimmerman Truck Lines Inc 101 FTE
NAT-TCR Complete Masonry Services Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Norwood DH 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Health Center of Snohomish County - Everett-South Clinic 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Omaha IA FXFE-OMA 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Automotive Rentals Inc - Technology & Innovation Center 619 FTE
NAT-SIZE Contra Costa Electric, Inc. 619 FTE
NAT-SIZE Imlay City MI 619 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSEG LI Customer Services 619 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.