Processed meats manufacturing · Nebraska
empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City
South Sioux City, NE · ~641 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City safety composite
empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.59 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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
−0.4
2019→2024
empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City injury rate improved
empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.8 in 2019 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=4.8 · 2020=4.1 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=4.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · South Sioux City, NE ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind
- DART 3.9 DART
- RANK #15/29
- PHOTO Boar's Head Co., Inc
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 111 inj
- SIZE ~641 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Boar's Head Co., Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City
4.6 TCR
- Boar's Head Co
Boar's Head Co., Inc
4.6 TCR
- Best Chicago M
Best Chicago Meat
4.6 TCR
- Southern State
Southern States Provisions
4.6 TCR
- Smithfield, Ma
Smithfield, Martin City Packaged
4.6 TCR
What this shows empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).
empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City TCR series: 2019=4.8 · 2020=4.1 · 2023=5 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3
Where empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City falls in its industry
613 Processed meats manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 48% 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 #15 safest of 29 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Nebraska.
empirical foods, inc. - South Sioux City has more 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 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 30 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 32 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 26 | 4 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · NE · South Sioux City
613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 30 employers in South Sioux City, 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 | Boar's Head Co., Inc | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Best Chicago Meat | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southern States Provisions | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Smithfield, Martin City Packaged | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | OMAHA PLANT_1441134 | 635 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cooked - Nebraska City NE | 634 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society | 648 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ho-Chunk, Inc. | 648 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nebraska Location | 1,491 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Beef Products, Inc. - South Sioux City | 422 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1332 | 347 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1332 | 332 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cobalt Cattle Company LLC - Kismet | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jamestown Container Corporation, Cattaraugus Container Division | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Frazier Rehab | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pacific Electrical Contractors Klamath Falls | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Howmet Aerospace Inc | 641 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baptist Health Richmond | 641 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Coca Cola Puerto Rico Bottler | 641 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Greensboro- Fire Department | 641 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.