Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing · Pennsylvania

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1

Fredericksburg, PA · ~1,076 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing workplace, earning a grade D.

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1: 5.5 TCR = 167% of Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 safety composite

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−4.6

2016→2021

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 injury rate improved

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1's TCR fell 4.6 from 7.9 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Fredericksburg, PA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 167% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #13/18
  • PHOTO OKF Albertville Plan…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 272 inj
  • SIZE ~1,076 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OKF Albertville Plant 2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 averages 5.5 TCR (167% 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

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 falls in its industry

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #13 safest of 18 Poultry slaughtering, dressing employers in Pennsylvania.

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 (1,076 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1
Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 (1,076 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 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
2021 3.3 2.2 45 0 0
2020 6.6 2.4 37 35 0
2019 4.6 2.5 41 10 0
2018 4.4 2.9 39 20 0
2017 6.2 4.0 50 28 0
2016 7.9 4.3 60 36 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · PA · Fredericksburg

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 27 employers in Fredericksburg, 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 OKF Albertville Plant 2 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Waco Processing 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kerry 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tip Top Poultry Inc 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hydro Cressona 1,076 FTE
STATE-SIZE Calpine York II 1,077 FTE
STATE-SIZE Giant Eagle Admin. 1,075 FTE
STATE-SIZE LOCATION 48037 1,072 FTE
CITY-NEAR Farmers Pride Inc Plant 3 1,212 FTE
CITY-NEAR Farmers Pride Inc Plant 2 627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 2 546 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fredericksburg Retail Support Center - Ace Hardware 538 FTE
NAT-TCR iHErb / Staffmark / Manpower 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Jay Dee Obayashi JV 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chemical Manufacturing Division 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dayton-Phoenix Group - Dayton 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE InfraSource Construction, LLC 1,076 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - BOS5 1,076 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sh4260 Ranch 1,076 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ol4800 Ranch 1,076 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: 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.