Margarine-butter blend made from purchased fats and oils · Arkansas

Kagome Foods Inc

Name: Kagome Foods Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Osceola, AR · ~162 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Kagome Foods Inc runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Margarine-butter blend made from purchased fats and oils workplace, earning a grade B.

Kagome Foods Inc: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Margarine-butter blend made from purchased fats and oils BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kagome Foods Inc safety composite

Kagome Foods Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−0.9

2016→2024

Kagome Foods Inc injury rate improved

Kagome Foods Inc's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.9 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311225 · Osceola, AR AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK P72
PHOTO AAK Port Newark
BOOK 5y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AAK Port Newark (0.1 TCR gap)

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AAK USA K1

1.6
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1.6

What this shows Kagome Foods Inc averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Margarine-butter blend made from purchased fats and oils BLS benchmark).

Kagome Foods Inc TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Kagome Foods Inc falls in its industry

86 Margarine-butter blend made fr establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Kagome Foods Inc (162 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Kagome Foods Inc has more employees than the Margarine-butter blend made from purchas median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2024	1.0	0.5	2	0
2023	1.8	1.2	3	0
2022	1.7	0.6	3	0
2021	2.3	0.6	3	1
2016	1.9	0.0	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311225 · AR · Osceola

86 Margarine-butter blend made from purchased fats and oils employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 27 employers in Osceola, AR · 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	AAK Port Newark	NEWARK, NJ	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Loders Croklaan USA, LLC	CHANNAHON, IL	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AAK USA K1	LOUISVILLE, KY	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Quincy Stratas Foods	QUINCY, IL	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Arkansas Valley Electric Coop Corp	OZARK	162 FTE
STATE-SIZE	International Paper	RUSSELLVILLE	162 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0236 LOWE S OF CONWAY AR	CONWAY	162 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CHI St Vincent Hot Springs Rehabilitation Hospital affiliated with HealthSouth	HOT SPRINGS	162 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Greetings Corporation	Osceola	977 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Big River Steel LLC	Osceola	679 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DENSO Manufacturing Arkansas	Osceola	573 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Viskase Companies Osceola Arkansas Plant	Osceola	220 FTE
NAT-TCR	CRC	Grants Pass, OR	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	5736 - Fort Wayne	Ft. Wayne, IN	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Five Points CA CA	Five Points, CA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 1730	Naples, FL	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	LAZ Parking Nevada, LLC	Hartford, CT	162 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pro Kleen Industrial Services, Inc. - Lancaster	Lancaster, OH	162 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Armstrong World Industries Hilliard Plant	Hilliard, OH	162 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bellville Acetylene Plant	Bellville, TX	162 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, 2022, 2021, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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