Broiler chicken production · Ohio

Gerber Farm Division

Kidron, OH · ~47 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gerber Farm Division runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Broiler chicken production workplace, earning a grade D.

Gerber Farm Division: 8.3 TCR = 184% of Broiler chicken production BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gerber Farm Division safety composite

Gerber Farm Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−1.2

2016→2024

Gerber Farm Division injury rate improved

Gerber Farm Division's TCR fell 1.2 from 6.9 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 28.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=28.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=7.7 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112320 · Kidron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 184% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO Peco Foods Inc-Live …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Peco Foods Inc-Live Haul (0.7 TCR gap)

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Gerber Farm Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gerber Farm Division averages 8.3 TCR (184% of the Broiler chicken production BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Gerber Farm Division TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=28.6 · 2018=0 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=7.7 · 2023=5 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Gerber Farm Division falls in its industry

50 Broiler chicken production establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Gerber Farm Division (47 employees, TCR 8.3) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 26 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gerber Farm Division
Gerber Farm Division (47 employees, TCR 8.3) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Gerber Farm Division has fewer employees than the Broiler chicken production median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 5.7 2.3 5 0 0
2023 5.0 3.8 4 0 0
2021 7.7 0.0 2 0 0
2020 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 28.6 14.3 6 0 0
2016 6.9 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112320 · OH · Kidron

50 Broiler chicken production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 6 employers in Kidron, OH · 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 Peco Foods Inc-Live Haul 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paradise Ranch 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PILGRIMS MT. PLEASANT BREEDER AND BROILER 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PA Operations 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE MDP Acquisition LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Potemkin Industries, Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE 259-NiSource-Springfield OH 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE R. L. Fortney Management, Inc. 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gerber Poultry Inc 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR STE Hackney Inc - Kidron, OH 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fayette Janitorial LLC- Gerber Kidron 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gerber Lumber & Hardware 43 FTE
NAT-TCR Glasgow 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #131 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Trattoria Reggiano #812 Venetian 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Harrisburg 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hiller Pensacola 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edwards Cast Stone 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Lexington 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Raleigh 47 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.