Chickens, slaughtering and dressing · Alabama
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant
Gadsden, AL · ~1,247 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chickens, slaughtering and dressing workplace, earning a grade A.
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant: 0.7 TCR = 21% of Chickens, slaughtering and dressing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant safety composite
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).
81/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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
−0.7
2022→2024
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant injury rate improved
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant's TCR fell 0.7 from 1.2 in 2022 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=1.2 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · Gadsden, AL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 21% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #2/55
- PHOTO GC4 Memorial Park, G…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~1,247 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: GC4 Memorial Park, Gold Creek Processing, LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Case Farms Pro
Case Farms Processing
0.8 TCR
- This site
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant
0.7 TCR
- GC4 Memorial P
GC4 Memorial Park, Gold Creek Processing, LLC.
0.7 TCR
- Case Farms Cor
Case Farms Corporate Office
0.7 TCR
- Hain Pure Prot
Hain Pure Protein Liverpool
0.6 TCR
What this shows Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant averages 0.7 TCR (21% of the Chickens, slaughtering and dressing BLS benchmark).
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant TCR series: 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant falls in its industry
509 Chickens, slaughtering and dre establishmentsSafer than 97% 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 #2 safest of 55 Chickens, slaughtering and dre employers in Alabama.
Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant has more employees than the Chickens, slaughtering and dressing 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 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · AL · Gadsden
509 Chickens, slaughtering and dressing 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 | GC4 Memorial Park, Gold Creek Processing, LLC. | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hain Pure Protein Liverpool | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Case Farms Corporate Office | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Case Farms Processing | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Baptist Medical Center East | 1,244 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Robins & Morton Group | 1,238 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maples Industries | 1,256 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kamtek Inc. | 1,235 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Goodyear Gadsden Alabama | 1,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gadsden Regional Medical Center | 1,285 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Koch Foods Gadsden Plant | 850 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Riverview Regional Medical Center | 763 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Milestone Greensboro GP LLC | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sierra Vista Child & Family Services | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vadnais Heights | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ryan Fireprotection of Ohio, LLC dba Cincinnati Dayton Fire Protection | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Location 40017 | 1,247 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works | 1,247 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | John Deere Horicon Works | 1,248 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate Office - Lendlease Americas Inc. | 1,246 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.