Meat products canning (except baby, pet food, poultry) made from purchased carcasses · Kansas
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb
Holcomb, KS · ~58 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Meat products canning (except baby, pet food, poultry) made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade D.
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Meat products canning (except baby, pet food, poultry) made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb safety composite
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
44/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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%).
Rising injury rate
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb: 3.4 → 5.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2024
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb's TCR rose 1.9 from 3.4 in 2019 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · Holcomb, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind
- DART 3.5 DART
- RANK #11/15
- PHOTO Farmington
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~58 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Farmington (0.0 TCR gap)
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empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- WMP
WMP
4.8 TCR
- Morrilton Pack
Morrilton Packing Company, Inc
4.8 TCR
- This site
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb
4.7 TCR
- Farmington
Farmington
4.7 TCR
- OSI Group, LLC
OSI Group, LLC
4.7 TCR
What this shows empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Meat products canning (except baby, pet food, poultry) made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb TCR series: 2019=3.4 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=7.5 · 2023=4 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.3
Where empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb falls in its industry
613 Meat products canning (except establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 15 Meat products canning (except employers in Kansas.
empirical foods, inc. - Holcomb has fewer employees than the Meat products canning (except baby, pet median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · KS · Holcomb
613 Meat products canning (except baby, pet food, poultry) made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 11 employers in Holcomb, KS · 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 | Farmington | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OSI Group, LLC | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WMP | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Morrilton Packing Company, Inc | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wichita System Control Center | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Phoenix Renovation and Restoration, Inc. | 58 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PureField Ingredients, Food Ingredients | 58 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Finney County Plant | 3,354 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Finney County DC | 179 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI - 0404 Tyson Foods Inc. - Garden City | 160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI / TYSON FOODS INC. - GARDEN CITY | 160 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Anderton Castings LLC | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Prospect St. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grand Pacific Marbrisa | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Anheuser-Busch Sales San Diego | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | StoneRidge Retirement Living Communities Inc. | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 30 Spur Dr. El Paso TX | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Main Shop | 58 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Martinson Construction | 58 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.