Fresh meats merchant wholesalers · Tennessee
Empire Packing Company LP
Memphis, TN · ~218 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Empire Packing Company LP runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fresh meats merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Empire Packing Company LP: 2.2 TCR = 101% of Fresh meats merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Empire Packing Company LP safety composite
Empire Packing Company LP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).
72/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% 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
−0.7
2017→2024
Empire Packing Company LP injury rate improved
Empire Packing Company LP's TCR fell 0.7 from 3.6 in 2017 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.6 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424470 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.2 · 101% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #2/4
- PHOTO Dutch Creek Foods
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 47 inj
- SIZE ~218 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dutch Creek Foods (0.0 TCR gap)
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Empire Packing Company LP in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Phoenix Logist
Phoenix Logistics Cold Storage
2.3 TCR
- Farm Boy Meats
Farm Boy Meats
2.3 TCR
- This site
Empire Packing Company LP
2.2 TCR
- Dutch Creek Fo
Dutch Creek Foods
2.2 TCR
- MD-BALTI01-Bal
MD-BALTI01-Baltimore - MD - Halperns
2.1 TCR
What this shows Empire Packing Company LP averages 2.2 TCR (101% of the Fresh meats merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Empire Packing Company LP TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=3 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 2.2
Where Empire Packing Company LP falls in its industry
162 Fresh meats merchant wholesale establishmentsSafer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Fresh meats merchant wholesale employers in Tennessee.
Empire Packing Company LP has more employees than the Fresh meats merchant wholesalers median and a lower 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 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424470 · TN · Memphis
162 Fresh meats merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 | Dutch Creek Foods | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Phoenix Logistics Cold Storage | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Farm Boy Meats | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MD-BALTI01-Baltimore - MD - Halperns | 2.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CDE Lightband | 218 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | kordsa chattanooga | 218 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ACA-Tennessee | 218 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dickson_EX | 218 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR | 12,398 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 381940311 | 9,861 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Residential Services | 5,775 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | 5,599 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Russellville Park | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fiber Optic Solutions LLC | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mara Technologies USA Inc. | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Linx, Lllp | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership | 218 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Location 39006 | 218 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bradford Health Services | 218 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ridgefield Recreation Center | 218 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.