Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) · Alabama
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant
Gadsden, AL · ~850 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) workplace, earning a grade C.
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant: 3.3 TCR = 98% of Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant safety composite
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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
−2.1
2016→2021
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant injury rate improved
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant's TCR fell 2.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.1 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · Gadsden, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 98% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #33/55
- PHOTO House of Raeford, Wa…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 81 inj
- SIZE ~850 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: House of Raeford, Wallace Division (0.0 TCR gap)
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Koch Foods Gadsden Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant
3.3 TCR
- House of Raefo
House of Raeford, Wallace Division
3.3 TCR
- Pilgrims Russe
Pilgrims Russellville Complex
3.3 TCR
- Harrisonburg P
Harrisonburg Processing
3.2 TCR
- Pilgrims Prepa
Pilgrims Prepared Foods
3.2 TCR
What this shows Koch Foods Gadsden Plant averages 3.3 TCR (98% of the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS benchmark).
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=1 · BLS 3.3
Where Koch Foods Gadsden Plant falls in its industry
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, f establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 55 Chickens, processing, fresh, f employers in Alabama.
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant has more employees than the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, can 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 18 | 23 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · AL · Gadsden
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 82 employers in Gadsden, AL · 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 | House of Raeford, Wallace Division | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Harrisonburg Processing | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pilgrims Prepared Foods | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pilgrims Russellville Complex | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 6095 | 849 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R.E. Garrison Trucking, Inc. | 847 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 7019 | 844 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 6095 | 843 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Goodyear Gadsden Alabama | 1,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gadsden Regional Medical Center | 1,285 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant | 1,247 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Riverview Regional Medical Center | 763 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Van Wert County Hospital | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ridley Block Operations | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southerland, Oklahoma Plant | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | R&J Grocery Enterprises, LLC. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Electrolux Memphis | 850 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Memorial Medical Center of East Tx-Lufkin | 850 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | School | 850 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rubbermaid Commercial Products | 850 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.