Animal fats (except poultry and small game) produced in slaughtering plants · Texas
H&B Packing Co. Inc
Waco, TX · ~142 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
H&B Packing Co. Inc runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal fats (except poultry and small game) produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade D.
H&B Packing Co. Inc: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Animal fats (except poultry and small game) produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
H&B Packing Co. Inc safety composite
H&B Packing Co. Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 55%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- C 0
Safer than 55% 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
2017→2024
H&B Packing Co. Inc injury rate improved
H&B Packing Co. Inc's TCR fell 1.0 from 3.5 in 2017 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.5 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=10.0 · 2024=2.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311611 · Waco, TX ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #13/19
- PHOTO Grinds - Columbia SC
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~142 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Grinds - Columbia SC (0.0 TCR gap)
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H&B Packing Co. Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
H&B Packing Co. Inc
4.3 TCR
- Grinds - Colum
Grinds - Columbia SC
4.3 TCR
- Smithfield
Smithfield
4.3 TCR
- Abbyland Foods
Abbyland Foods, Inc
4.3 TCR
- Sioux City Fab
Sioux City Fabrication Plant
4.2 TCR
What this shows H&B Packing Co. Inc averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Animal fats (except poultry and small game) produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).
H&B Packing Co. Inc TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=10 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3
Where H&B Packing Co. Inc falls in its industry
212 Animal fats (except poultry an establishmentsSafer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 19 Animal fats (except poultry an employers in Texas.
H&B Packing Co. Inc has fewer employees than the Animal fats (except poultry and small ga median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311611 · TX · Waco
212 Animal fats (except poultry and small game) produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, TX · 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 | Grinds - Columbia SC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Smithfield | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Abbyland Foods, Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sioux City Fabrication Plant | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dallas Corporate Office | 142 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brookshire Office | 142 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DPR Construction - Houston | 142 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PM Construction & Rehab LLC dba IPR - South Central | 142 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest | 1,512 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3 | 1,468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-TXWAC1 | 1,407 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | L3Harris AS IAS Waco | 1,400 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RG&E Mushroom Blvd | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aloft Dublin Pleasanton | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Acme Machell, Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FDR Services Corp of Trenton | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Green Castle Recovery Centers, LLC | 142 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Android Bowling Green | 142 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Magline | 142 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Phoenix - West | 142 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.