Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) · Alabama
Gemstone Foods
Florence, AL · ~250 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gemstone Foods runs at 279% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) workplace, earning a grade F.
Gemstone Foods: 9.2 TCR = 279% of Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gemstone Foods safety composite
Gemstone Foods scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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
−11.9
2018→2022
Gemstone Foods injury rate improved
Gemstone Foods's TCR fell 11.9 from 14.8 in 2018 to 2.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=14.8 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=6.3 · 2022=2.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · Florence, AL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 279% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #52/55
- PHOTO Pitman Farms, Moroni…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 63 inj
- SIZE ~250 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pitman Farms, Moroni Turkey Processing (0.1 TCR gap)
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Gemstone Foods in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Pitman Farms,
Pitman Farms, Moroni Turkey Processing
9.3 TCR
- Carthage Plant
Carthage Plant (Choctaw)
9.3 TCR
- This site
Gemstone Foods
9.2 TCR
- Monroe Plant
Monroe Plant
9.1 TCR
- Chick-N-Quick
Chick-N-Quick Plant
9.1 TCR
What this shows Gemstone Foods averages 9.2 TCR (279% of the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS benchmark).
Gemstone Foods TCR series: 2018=14.8 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=6.3 · 2022=2.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Gemstone Foods falls in its industry
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, f establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 55 Chickens, processing, fresh, f employers in Alabama.
Gemstone Foods has fewer employees than the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, can 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · AL · Florence
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 112 employers in Florence, AL · 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 | Pitman Farms, Moroni Turkey Processing | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carthage Plant (Choctaw) | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Monroe Plant | 9.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chick-N-Quick Plant | 9.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Choice Fabricators | 250 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rohr Aero Services LLC | 250 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Merchants Foodservice - Clanton, AL | 250 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baptist DeBoer Building | 250 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Florence | 6,258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North Alabama Medical Center | 1,596 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shoals Ambulance | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Southwire Florence | 400 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | HG608 | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 4054-ABS-0017-0016-00025 | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6962-ABS-0029-0028-02515 | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6400-SWY-0019-0019-00782 | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tencate Geosynthetics - Cornelia | 250 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Los Angeles Country Club | 250 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AHF, LLC West Plains Facility | 250 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hackensack, NJ | 250 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.