Employer · Mississippi

Laurel processing plant

Name: Laurel processing plant Workplace Safety Data
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Laurel, MS · ~262 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Laurel processing plant runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.

Laurel processing plant: 2.3 TCR = 71% of industry BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Laurel processing plant safety composite

Laurel processing plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−1.3

2017→2018

Laurel processing plant injury rate improved

Laurel processing plant's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.0 in 2017 to 1.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2018=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Laurel, MS AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #10/41
PHOTO Millsboro Processing
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~262 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Millsboro Processing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carthage Plant

2.4
Morton Process

2.4
This site

2.3
Millsboro Proc

2.3
PROCESSING PLA

2.3

What this shows Laurel processing plant averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the industry BLS benchmark).

Laurel processing plant TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Laurel processing plant falls in its industry

509 industry establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 41 industry employers in Mississippi.

Laurel processing plant (262 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Laurel processing plant has fewer employees than the industry 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
2018	1.7	1.4	2	3	0
2017	3.0	2.0	8	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MS · Laurel

509 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 78 employers in Laurel, 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	Millsboro Processing	MILLSBORO, DE	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carthage Plant	CARTHAGE, MO	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Morton Processing Plant	MORTON, MS	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PROCESSING PLANT POULTRY / KILL -PILGRIMS	CHATTANOOGA, TN	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	785	WAYNESBORO	262 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Prewitt Contract Services, Inc.	CLINTON	262 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Great River Industries	NATCHEZ	261 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J & J Enterprises, LLC	MORTON	261 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Laurel	Laurel	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Howard Industries Inc (Transformer)	Laurel	2,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Quality Food Service, Inc	Laurel	1,567 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amick Farms, LLC MS Processing Plant	Laurel	841 FTE
NAT-TCR	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5224	Orlando, FL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. CO Office	Durango, CO	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	OKC Office	Oklahoma City, OK	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ryerson Denver	Commerce City, CO	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Propex Operating Company, LLC - Hazlehurst Plant	Hazlehurst, GA	262 FTE
NAT-SIZE	South Boston (Masbo)	Boston, MA	262 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gould Ave (Njgou)	Newark, NJ	262 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Old Settlers (Txose)	Round Rock, TX	262 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.