Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing · Missouri
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin
Joplin, MO · ~231 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin: 3.2 TCR = 81% of Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin safety composite
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin: 1.5 → 4.2 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2024
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin's TCR rose 2.6 from 1.5 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311111 · Joplin, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 81% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #9/22
- PHOTO Diamond Pet Foods-La…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 69 inj
- SIZE ~231 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Diamond Pet Foods-Lathrop (0.0 TCR gap)
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Heartland Pet Foods Joplin in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin
3.2 TCR
- Diamond Pet Fo
Diamond Pet Foods-Lathrop
3.2 TCR
- IMS Pet Indust
IMS Pet Industries
3.2 TCR
- Ravenna
Ravenna
3.1 TCR
- Nestle Purina
Nestle Purina PetCare- Zanesville
3.1 TCR
What this shows Heartland Pet Foods Joplin averages 3.2 TCR (81% of the Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.9
Where Heartland Pet Foods Joplin falls in its industry
302 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 22 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned employers in Missouri.
Heartland Pet Foods Joplin has more employees than the Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, fro median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311111 · MO · Joplin
302 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 203 employers in Joplin, MO · 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 | Diamond Pet Foods-Lathrop | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IMS Pet Industries | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ravenna | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nestle Purina PetCare- Zanesville | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Louisa Food Products, Inc | 231 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BDF - Cabool MO | 231 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company | 231 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BlueScope Buildings N.A. | 231 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Freeman Health System | 3,718 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MERCY HOSPITAL JOPLIN | 1,561 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Marmic Fire & Safety Company Inc. | 875 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jasper Products, LLC | 782 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kwik Trip CT Petroleum Delivery 668 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stoner Electric, Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sierra OR Main and Other | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Finch Paper | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | US MI Zeeland 220 Riley St | 231 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GARDINER | 231 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium | 231 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sumter Hydraulics | 231 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.