Processed meats manufacturing · Nebraska
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington
Lexington, NE · ~29 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 25.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington runs at 760% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington: 25.1 TCR = 760% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington safety composite
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 25.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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
−51.6
2019→2024
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington injury rate improved
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington's TCR fell 51.6 from 54.9 in 2019 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 54.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=54.9 · 2020=43.9 · 2021=32.8 · 2023=20.4 · 2024=3.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · Lexington, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 25.1 · 760% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #28/29
- PHOTO Quality Processing S…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~29 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Quality Processing Services Omaha (0.6 TCR gap)
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empirical foods, inc. - Lexington in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Quality Proces
Quality Processing Services Omaha
25.7 TCR
- This site
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington
25.1 TCR
- 4L Processing
4L Processing
22.1 TCR
- Columbia Case
Columbia Case Ready
19.6 TCR
- Hastings Foods
Hastings Foods LLC
17.9 TCR
What this shows empirical foods, inc. - Lexington averages 25.1 TCR (760% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington TCR series: 2019=54.9 · 2020=43.9 · 2021=32.8 · 2023=20.4 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3
Where empirical foods, inc. - Lexington falls in its industry
613 Processed meats manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 29 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Nebraska.
empirical foods, inc. - Lexington has fewer employees than the Processed meats manufacturing 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 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 32.8 | 29.1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 43.9 | 39.9 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 54.9 | 48.1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · NE · Lexington
613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 27 employers in Lexington, NE · 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 | Quality Processing Services Omaha | 25.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4L Processing | 22.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Columbia Case Ready | 19.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hastings Foods LLC | 17.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pillen Family Farms Mill | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wilderness View | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Country View | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ridge View | 29 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lexington Plant | 2,926 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 637 | 279 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 637 | 275 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lexington Regional Health Center | 260 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0064 Capitola | 25.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1002-Ucpmc-Armory B - Tradewinds | 25.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marshfield Care Center | 25.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dallas Vending | 25.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Agawam | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Testa Trucking, Inc | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Synthex Organics, LLC | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clarksville II | 29 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.