Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses · Washington

Hempler Foods Group LLC

Name: Hempler Foods Group LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Ferndale, WA · ~149 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hempler Foods Group LLC runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade D.

Hempler Foods Group LLC: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hempler Foods Group LLC safety composite

Hempler Foods Group LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Hempler Foods Group LLC: 2.4 → 9.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 9.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2022

Hempler Foods Group LLC's TCR rose 7.2 from 2.4 in 2019 to 9.6 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Ferndale, WA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

DART 8.2 DART
RANK #6/8
PHOTO Chicago Plant (Bruss)
BOOK 3y book
INJ 21 inj
SIZE ~149 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chicago Plant (Bruss) (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hempler Foods Group LLC averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).

Hempler Foods Group LLC TCR series: 2019=2.4 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=9.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Hempler Foods Group LLC falls in its industry

613 Bacon, slab and sliced, made f establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Bacon, slab and sliced, made f employers in Washington.

Hempler Foods Group LLC (149 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Hempler Foods Group LLC has fewer employees than the Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purcha median and a higher 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	Illnesses
2022	9.6	8.2	12	2
2021	6.7	5.4	7	3
2019	2.4	2.4	2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · WA · Ferndale

613 Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 51 employers in Ferndale, WA · 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	Chicago Plant (Bruss)	CHICAGO, IL	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Longhini Sausage	NEW HAVEN, CT	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Westin Packaged Meats	FAIRBURY, NE	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Devault Foods	DEVAULT, PA	6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Terrace Heights	YAKIMA	149 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SAK Builders	SUMNER	149 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Heartland Toyota	BREMERTON	149 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2420 LOWE S OF RENTON WA	RENTON	149 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Silver Reef Hotel Casino and Spa	Ferndale	640 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cascade Dafo, Inc	Ferndale	282 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery	Ferndale	279 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Refinery Services, Inc	Ferndale	234 FTE
NAT-TCR	Guarantee Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.	Norfolk, NE	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bed Bath and Beyond Stamford	Stamford, CT	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Canton Manor	Canton, MS	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	BRP Health Management Systems, LLC	Pocatello, ID	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	20th Street Group Home	Billings, MT	149 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lewis Group Home	Billings, MT	149 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North 18th Group Home	Billings, MT	149 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Panners Group Home	Billings, MT	149 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: 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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