Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing · Tennessee
Koch Foods Debone
Morristown, TN · ~526 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Koch Foods Debone runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing workplace, earning a grade B.
Koch Foods Debone: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Koch Foods Debone safety composite
Koch Foods Debone scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% 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).
72/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% 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
−5.8
2016→2024
Koch Foods Debone injury rate improved
Koch Foods Debone's TCR fell 5.8 from 7.4 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.4 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · Morristown, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind
- DART 0.2 DART
- RANK #3/12
- PHOTO Cornelia Plant
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 50 inj
- SIZE ~526 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cornelia Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Koch Foods Debone in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Koch Foods Debone
2.3 TCR
- Cornelia Plant
Cornelia Plant
2.3 TCR
- PROCESSING PLA
PROCESSING PLANT POULTRY / KILL -PILGRIMS
2.3 TCR
- OKF Risk Manag
OKF Risk Management
2.3 TCR
- Millsboro Proc
Millsboro Processing
2.3 TCR
What this shows Koch Foods Debone averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS benchmark).
Koch Foods Debone TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=2 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Koch Foods Debone falls in its industry
509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, establishmentsSafer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, employers in Tennessee.
Koch Foods Debone has fewer employees than the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, fr 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 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 30 | 13 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · TN · Morristown
509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 123 employers in Morristown, 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 | Cornelia Plant | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PROCESSING PLANT POULTRY / KILL -PILGRIMS | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OKF Risk Management | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Millsboro Processing | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Granges Americas Inc. - Huntingdon | 526 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CVG Vonore | 525 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FedEx Supply Chain-EG3 | 525 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LaborExchange, Inc | 524 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MAHLE Engine Components USA, INC. - Morristown | 928 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Howmet - Morristown M1 | 892 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Howmet - Morristown 1 | 747 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Team Technologies, Inc. Morristown, TN | 729 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Freightliner of Elkton | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Showbest Fixture Corp. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Svfoods Old Hammond | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Terrace Gardens Nursing Center, LLC dba Kingwood Skilled Nursing and Therapy | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | TTM Technologies (Anaren) | 526 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sheltering Arms Institute | 526 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center | 526 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tuscaloosa Processing | 526 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.