Chickens, slaughtering and dressing · Delaware

Harbeson DE Processing Facility

Harbeson, DE · ~1,537 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Harbeson DE Processing Facility runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chickens, slaughtering and dressing workplace, earning a grade F.

Harbeson DE Processing Facility: 6.7 TCR = 202% of Chickens, slaughtering and dressing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harbeson DE Processing Facility safety composite

Harbeson DE Processing Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−3.9

2016→2019

Harbeson DE Processing Facility injury rate improved

Harbeson DE Processing Facility's TCR fell 3.9 from 7.5 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2017=9.0 · 2019=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Harbeson, DE ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 202% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO Pilgrims Processing …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 216 inj
  • SIZE ~1,537 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pilgrims Processing and Administration (0.0 TCR gap)

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Harbeson DE Processing Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Harbeson DE Processing Facility averages 6.7 TCR (202% of the Chickens, slaughtering and dressing BLS benchmark).

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

Harbeson DE Processing Facility TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=9 · 2019=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Harbeson DE Processing Facility falls in its industry

509 Chickens, slaughtering and dre establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Delaware alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Chickens, slaughtering and dre employers in Delaware.

Harbeson DE Processing Facility (1,537 employees, TCR 6.7) 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 Harbeson DE Processing Facility
Harbeson DE Processing Facility (1,537 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Harbeson DE Processing Facility has more employees than the Chickens, slaughtering and dressing 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
2019 3.6 1.7 35 23 0
2017 9.0 6.0 88 57 0
2016 7.5 4.4 93 20 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · DE · Harbeson

509 Chickens, slaughtering and dressing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 7 employers in Harbeson, DE · 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 Pilgrims Processing and Administration 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ceres Plant 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR OKF Muldrow Processing 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koch's Turkey Farm 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Chestnut Run Plaza 1,515 FTE
STATE-SIZE AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Wilmington Facility) 1,514 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newark Site 1,462 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milford Plant 1,425 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8010514-Allen Harim Foods 209 FTE
CITY-NEAR QSI Harbeson 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSSI / ALLEN HARIM FOODS LLC 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSSI - 2640 Allen Harim Foods - Harbeson 87 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 2451 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Blake Equipment 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Russ Darrow Alpha 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Willowcare Rehabilition and Care Center 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Texas Health Huguley Hospital 1,537 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ripro - Providence 1,537 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1969-PW1 1,538 FTE
NAT-SIZE Continental Automotive Systems, Inc 1,538 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: 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.