Meat extracts made from purchased carcasses · Alabama

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division

Name: Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Opelika, AL · ~320 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Meat extracts made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade A.

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Meat extracts made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division safety composite

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

84/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers
DART rate: A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.0

2021→2024

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division injury rate improved

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division's TCR fell 1.0 from 1.7 in 2021 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.7 · 2022=1.0 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Opelika, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/7
PHOTO US03 Minong Link Sna…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~320 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US03 Minong Link Snacks Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
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Carl Buddig &

1.2
K2D dba Colora

1.2

What this shows Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Meat extracts made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division TCR series: 2021=1.7 · 2022=1 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division falls in its industry

613 Meat extracts made from purcha establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Meat extracts made from purcha employers in Alabama.

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division (320 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Golden State Foods Opelika Protein Division has more employees than the Meat extracts made from purchased carcas median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2024	0.7	0.0	2
2023	1.5	0.4	4
2022	1.0	0.3	3
2021	1.7	1.3	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · AL · Opelika

613 Meat extracts made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 87 employers in Opelika, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	US03 Minong Link Snacks Inc.	MINONG, WI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carl Buddig & Company-16615 Vincennes Drive	SOUTH HOLLAND, IL	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	K2D dba Colorado Premium	DENVER, CO	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jack Links Bellevue Plant	BELLEVUE, NE	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	STERIS Corporation	MONTGOMERY	320 FTE
STATE-SIZE	762	BIRMINGHAM	320 FTE
STATE-SIZE	5703	MADISON	320 FTE
STATE-SIZE	329	ANNISTON	320 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6095	Opelika	849 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 6095	Opelika	843 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mando America Corporation	Opelika	493 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hanwha Advanced Materials America LLC. Opelika	Opelika	470 FTE
NAT-TCR	The Scotts Company - Groveland	Groveland, FL	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pike Gas Services, LLC South Carolina Statewide Operations	Mt. Airy, NC	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bennett Pump Company	Spring Lake, MI	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Penick Forest Products, Inc.	Macon, MS	1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	John Deere Seeding Group Valley City	Valley City, ND	320 FTE
NAT-SIZE	8010120 Johnsonville Sausage Sheboygan Falls	Sheboygan Falls, WI	320 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rivergate Terrace	Riverview, MI	320 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Juana Diaz, PR	Juana Diaz, PR	320 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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