Rendering and Meat By Product Processing · Iowa

Hormel Foods Corporation

Algona, IA · ~241 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hormel Foods Corporation runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Rendering and Meat By Product Processing workplace, earning a grade B.

Hormel Foods Corporation: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Rendering and Meat By Product Processing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hormel Foods Corporation safety composite

Hormel Foods Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Hormel Foods Corporation: 1.5 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2019

Hormel Foods Corporation's TCR rose 0.7 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Algona, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #1/9
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~241 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients Inc. dba/DAR PRO Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hormel Foods Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hormel Foods Corporation averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Rendering and Meat By Product Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Hormel Foods Corporation TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=2 · 2019=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Hormel Foods Corporation falls in its industry

151 Rendering and Meat By Product establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Rendering and Meat By Product employers in Iowa.

Hormel Foods Corporation (241 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 050100150200250300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hormel Foods Corporation
Hormel Foods Corporation (241 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Hormel Foods Corporation has more employees than the Rendering and Meat By Product Processing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2019 2.1 1.8 5 2 0
2017 2.0 0.7 3 3 0
2016 1.5 0.7 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · IA · Algona

151 Rendering and Meat By Product Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Algona, IA · 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 Darling Ingredients Inc. dba/DAR PRO Solutions 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pet Solutions 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients (Newberry) 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fieldale Farms - Cornelia Rendering Plant 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kossuth Regional Health Center 241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nestle Purina Petcare Company 240 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Fertilizer Company 240 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Wittern Group 240 FTE
CITY-NEAR Snap On Tools 403 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Food 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR DuPont Pioneer Algona ALG1 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Algona - Main Store 142 FTE
NAT-TCR Charlottesville-Human Services 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR A C & Associates 35-1967636 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Optimal 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Newport Aquarium 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pacific Systems Interiors 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Phoenix Children'S Hosp-Evs 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE W PALM BEACH 1401 Northpoint Parkway - FLW72 241 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Transfer Inc. 241 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: 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.