Meat Processed From Carcasses · Tennessee
Hickman Road Plant
Union City, TN · ~376 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hickman Road Plant runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Meat Processed From Carcasses workplace, earning a grade D.
Hickman Road Plant: 5.4 TCR = 162% of Meat Processed From Carcasses BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hickman Road Plant safety composite
Hickman Road Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
Hickman Road Plant: 3.0 → 7.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.54× in 2024
Hickman Road Plant's TCR rose 4.7 from 3.0 in 2023 to 7.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · Union City, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 162% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #10/17
- PHOTO Distribution Plant
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~376 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Distribution Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hickman Road Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hickman Road Plant
5.4 TCR
- Distribution P
Distribution Plant
5.4 TCR
- OSI Group
OSI Group
5.4 TCR
- Kiolbassa Prov
Kiolbassa Provision San Marcos Facility
5.4 TCR
- Chicago Meat A
Chicago Meat Authority
5.3 TCR
What this shows Hickman Road Plant averages 5.4 TCR (162% of the Meat Processed From Carcasses BLS benchmark).
Hickman Road Plant TCR series: 2023=3 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Hickman Road Plant falls in its industry
613 Meat Processed From Carcasses establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 17 Meat Processed From Carcasses employers in Tennessee.
Hickman Road Plant has more employees than the Meat Processed From Carcasses 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 14 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · TN · Union City
613 Meat Processed From Carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 44 employers in Union City, TN · 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 | Distribution Plant | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OSI Group | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chicago Meat Authority | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kiolbassa Provision San Marcos Facility | 5.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 687 | 376 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 657 | 376 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 5263 | 376 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TN 2501 McGavok Pike | 376 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Obion County Plant | 1,395 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Williams Sausage | 414 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union City | 335 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 675 | 317 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | LVAH Homes LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Azkin - Kingman | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cahyc - Ups Mail Innovations Rpf 14 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | EMS-Pillars White Bear Lakes | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Patuxent Institution | 376 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HCA Florida South Shore Hospital | 376 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CHS Laurel Refinery | 376 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carvana Elyria | 376 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.