Pizzas, frozen, manufacturing · Missouri
General Mills (Joplin)
Joplin, MO · ~506 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Mills (Joplin) runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pizzas, frozen, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
General Mills (Joplin): 5.4 TCR = 164% of Pizzas, frozen, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Mills (Joplin) safety composite
General Mills (Joplin) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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 5.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
General Mills (Joplin): 2.5 → 14.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.09× in 2024
General Mills (Joplin)'s TCR rose 11.8 from 2.5 in 2016 to 14.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311412 · Joplin, MO ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 164% of ind
- DART 11.3 DART
- RANK #3/5
- PHOTO White Castle Distrib…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 246 inj
- SIZE ~506 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: White Castle Distributing LLC Louisville (0.0 TCR gap)
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General Mills (Joplin) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- SCHWAN'S BAKER
SCHWAN'S BAKERY POTTSTOWN PLANT
5.5 TCR
- This site
General Mills (Joplin)
5.4 TCR
- White Castle D
White Castle Distributing LLC Louisville
5.4 TCR
- Catalina Finer
Catalina Finer Food Corp
5.4 TCR
- WCD LLC Vandal
WCD LLC Vandalia
5.4 TCR
What this shows General Mills (Joplin) averages 5.4 TCR (164% of the Pizzas, frozen, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
General Mills (Joplin) TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=1 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=2 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=14.3 · BLS 3.3
Where General Mills (Joplin) falls in its industry
274 Pizzas, frozen, manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Pizzas, frozen, manufacturing employers in Missouri.
General Mills (Joplin) has more employees than the Pizzas, frozen, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 72 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311412 · MO · Joplin
274 Pizzas, frozen, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 203 employers in Joplin, MO · 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 | White Castle Distributing LLC Louisville | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Catalina Finer Food Corp | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WCD LLC Vandalia | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SCHWAN'S BAKERY POTTSTOWN PLANT | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | True Manufacturing Bowling Green | 505 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 6284-YR-326 YT | 505 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East Plant | 509 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Loren Cook Company - Springfield | 502 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Freeman Health System | 3,718 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MERCY HOSPITAL JOPLIN | 1,561 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Marmic Fire & Safety Company Inc. | 875 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jasper Products, LLC | 782 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Air Base Blvd Warehouse | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | URE | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alliance Supply and Piping LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Loveland Hardware LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 3 Huntington Quadrangle | 506 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | King of Prussia | 506 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dell Retirement Services | 506 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Albany Operations | 506 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.