Refrigerated products trucking, local · Mississippi

Koch Foods Distrubution Center

Name: Koch Foods Distrubution Center Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Morton, MS · ~227 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Koch Foods Distrubution Center runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Refrigerated products trucking, local workplace, earning a grade C.

Koch Foods Distrubution Center: 4.5 TCR = 100% of Refrigerated products trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Koch Foods Distrubution Center safety composite

Koch Foods Distrubution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−1.4

2016→2017

Koch Foods Distrubution Center injury rate improved

Koch Foods Distrubution Center's TCR fell 1.4 from 5.2 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2017=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Morton, MS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 100% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #11/14
PHOTO Transystems LLC - Sc…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~227 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Transystems LLC - Scottsbluff (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ralph Martinez

4.5
Caron USA - No

4.5

What this shows Koch Foods Distrubution Center averages 4.5 TCR (100% of the Refrigerated products trucking, local BLS benchmark).

Koch Foods Distrubution Center TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Koch Foods Distrubution Center falls in its industry

1,130 Refrigerated products trucking establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 14 Refrigerated products trucking employers in Mississippi.

Koch Foods Distrubution Center (227 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Koch Foods Distrubution Center has more employees than the Refrigerated products trucking, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2017	3.8	3.8	9	0	0
2016	5.2	4.2	11	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · MS · Morton

1,130 Refrigerated products trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 12 employers in Morton, MS · 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	Transystems LLC - Scottsbluff	SCOTTSBLUFF, NE	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ALGONA FEED DELIVERY -EST	ALGONA, IA	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ralph Martinez Trucking Inc.	COMMERCE CITY, CO	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Caron USA - North Dakota	WILLISTON, ND	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ardagh Metal Packaging - Olive Branch	OLIVE BRANCH	227 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ms Care Center of Raleigh	RALEIGH	227 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hattiesburg Health & Rehab	HATTIESBURG	227 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wiggins	WIGGINS	226 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Morton Processing Plant	Morton	1,016 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Koch Foods Prepared Plant	Morton	770 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Koch Foods (Further Processing) Plant	Morton	719 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Koch Foods	Morton	489 FTE
NAT-TCR	R4 - Big Flats	Horseheads, NY	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort	Amelia Island, FL	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Evergreen Village - Normal	Normal, IL	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rome Business Office - 800 Broad St. Rome	Atlanta, GA	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Ashton Company	Tucson, AZ	227 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Industrial Solutions : IS - MFG US - Auburn, ME	Auburn, ME	227 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Somerville (Masom)	Somerville, MA	227 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stockton Center (Casto)	Stockton, CA	227 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: 2017, 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.