Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) · Mississippi
Koch Foods Prepared Plant
Morton, MS · ~770 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Koch Foods Prepared Plant runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) workplace, earning a grade D.
Koch Foods Prepared Plant: 4.0 TCR = 122% of Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Koch Foods Prepared Plant safety composite
Koch Foods Prepared Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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
−2.4
2016→2020
Koch Foods Prepared Plant injury rate improved
Koch Foods Prepared Plant's TCR fell 2.4 from 6.1 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.1 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=3.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · Morton, MS ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 122% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #27/41
- PHOTO Primary Poultry - Da…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 166 inj
- SIZE ~770 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Koch Foods Prepared Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Koch Foods Prepared Plant
4 TCR
- Primary Poultr
Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant
4 TCR
- Dorada Foods R
Dorada Foods Reidsville
4 TCR
- Sanderson Farm
Sanderson Farms Laurel Processing
4 TCR
- Pure Prairie P
Pure Prairie Poultry
4 TCR
What this shows Koch Foods Prepared Plant averages 4.0 TCR (122% of the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS benchmark).
Koch Foods Prepared Plant TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=3.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Koch Foods Prepared Plant falls in its industry
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, f establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 41 Chickens, processing, fresh, f employers in Mississippi.
Koch Foods Prepared Plant has more employees than the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, can median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 49 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · MS · Morton
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dorada Foods Reidsville | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sanderson Farms Laurel Processing | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pure Prairie Poultry | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Modine Manufacturing Company - Grenada OEM | 763 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VT Halter Marine 292 Pascagoula | 777 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Grand Gulf Nuclear Station | 779 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Merit Health River Region | 781 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Morton Processing Plant | 1,016 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Koch Foods (Further Processing) Plant | 719 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Koch Foods | 489 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | J & J Enterprises, LLC | 261 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Fresno 3954 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 91 - Warehouse 1 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HF Physicians Dba HF Private Duty | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chemtron Corporation Plant 1 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bed Rock Inc | 770 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | O.C.Tanner Company | 770 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Elpohc-015-El Paso Home Care | 770 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lionsgate Entertainment- 2700 Colorado | 770 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.