Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing · Texas

Holmes Foods Inc

Nixon, TX · ~320 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Holmes Foods Inc runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing workplace, earning a grade B.

Holmes Foods Inc: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Holmes Foods Inc safety composite

Holmes Foods Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−1.7

2016→2024

Holmes Foods Inc injury rate improved

Holmes Foods Inc's TCR fell 1.7 from 2.9 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.9 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Nixon, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #4/24
  • PHOTO Edinburg Processing
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~320 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Edinburg Processing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Holmes Foods Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Holmes Foods Inc averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS benchmark).

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

Holmes Foods Inc TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.9 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Holmes Foods Inc falls in its industry

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 24 Poultry slaughtering, dressing employers in Texas.

Holmes Foods Inc (320 employees, TCR 1.7) 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 Holmes Foods Inc
Holmes Foods Inc (320 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Holmes Foods Inc has fewer employees than the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and pack median and a lower 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
2024 1.2 1.2 4 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 9 0 0
2021 1.9 1.9 6 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.8 0.8 3 0 0
2018 1.2 1.2 5 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 12 0 0
2016 2.9 2.4 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · TX · Nixon

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Nixon, 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 Edinburg Processing 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dillon Plant 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Perry Cook Plant 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Processing plant 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE TexasBit 320 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lasco Acoustics & Drywall, Inc 320 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCT-Austin 320 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greene Tweed and Company Houston 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lazarus Energy 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR HLM 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSSI - 0690 Holmes Foods Inc. 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR 153-NIXON 18 FTE
NAT-TCR Children's Mercy - Kansas 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Flint SC 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Flatout, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Intermountain Electric, Inc. 320 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life EMS Inc.-Kent 320 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Louis Service Center 320 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mission Bell Winery 320 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.