Processed meats manufacturing · Texas

John Soules Foods Inc

Tyler, TX · ~926 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

John Soules Foods Inc runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

John Soules Foods Inc: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

John Soules Foods Inc safety composite

John Soules Foods Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2021→2023

John Soules Foods Inc injury rate improved

John Soules Foods Inc's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.6 in 2021 to 1.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.6 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Tyler, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #5/51
  • PHOTO Swift Prepared Foods
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~926 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Swift Prepared Foods (0.0 TCR gap)

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John Soules Foods Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows John Soules Foods Inc averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

John Soules Foods Inc TCR series: 2021=2.6 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1 · BLS 3.3

Where John Soules Foods Inc falls in its industry

613 Processed meats manufacturing establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 51 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Texas.

John Soules Foods Inc (926 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate John Soules Foods Inc
John Soules Foods Inc (926 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

John Soules Foods Inc has more employees than the Processed meats manufacturing median and a lower 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
2023 1.0 0.4 8 0 0
2022 1.1 0.9 9 1 0
2021 2.6 1.6 26 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · TX · Tyler

613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 357 employers in Tyler, 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 Swift Prepared Foods 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kinston 2 Packaged 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olympia Food Industries, Inc 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caviness Amarillo 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6036 925 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Office 925 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prospect Airport Services DFW 928 FTE
STATE-SIZE Covenant Children's Hospital 928 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tyler - CTMF 380 3,897 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tyler Main Hospital 2,205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Residential HVAC and Supply : MFG-Tyler,TX-USA 2,173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinity Clinic - CTMF 381 1,705 FTE
NAT-TCR wingate at silver lake 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CAMERC-AEG-MERCED 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Malta #184 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wheeling Svc Bldg 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Palm 926 FTE
NAT-SIZE 174038-Indianapolis in P&Dc 926 FTE
NAT-SIZE J&R Schugel Trucking, Inc. 926 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tapia S & a Service Inc. 926 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.