Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing · Alabama

Golden Rod Broilers

Cullman, AL · ~286 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Golden Rod Broilers runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing workplace, earning a grade C.

Golden Rod Broilers: 3.7 TCR = 113% of Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Golden Rod Broilers safety composite

Golden Rod Broilers scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.15 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

−1.6

2016→2024

Golden Rod Broilers injury rate improved

Golden Rod Broilers's TCR fell 1.6 from 4.1 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=3.0 · 2019=3.9 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Cullman, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 113% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #36/55
  • PHOTO Pinnacle Plant /Alle…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 71 inj
  • SIZE ~286 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pinnacle Plant /Allen Harim LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Golden Rod Broilers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Golden Rod Broilers averages 3.7 TCR (113% of the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS benchmark).

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

Golden Rod Broilers TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=3 · 2019=3.9 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Golden Rod Broilers falls in its industry

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 55 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, employers in Alabama.

Golden Rod Broilers (286 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 Golden Rod Broilers
Golden Rod Broilers (286 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Golden Rod Broilers has fewer employees than the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, fr 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
2024 2.5 2.1 7 0 0
2023 3.2 2.1 9 0 0
2022 5.8 4.2 15 0 0
2019 3.9 1.1 14 0 0
2017 3.0 1.6 11 0 0
2016 4.1 3.5 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · AL · Cullman

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 98 employers in Cullman, 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 Pinnacle Plant /Allen Harim LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Hens, Inc. KP 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pilgrims- Plant 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Murrayville Plant 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 192158 Plant Barry Units 4&5 286 FTE
STATE-SIZE Winston Homebuilders 286 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caddell Construction Co., LLC 286 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOUTHERN CLASSIC FOOD GROUP, LLC 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cullman 1,589 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6006 1,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6006 1,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rehau Auto Cullman 1,008 FTE
NAT-TCR Mann Packing Inc 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR GREENLAWN-NY51 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Slavilk & Company, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Alu-Bra Foundry, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation US MD Annapolis Junction 410 N (5002) 286 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henry County Health Center 286 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coltene Whaledent Inc. 286 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dundee Resort Development LLC DBA Arapahoe Basin Ski Area 286 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, 2022, 2019, 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.