Processed meats manufacturing · South Dakota
Link Snacks Inc.
Alpena, SD · ~1,059 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Link Snacks Inc. runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Link Snacks Inc.: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Link Snacks Inc. safety composite
Link Snacks Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
83/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 99% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
−0.4
2022→2024
Link Snacks Inc. injury rate improved
Link Snacks Inc.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 0.7 in 2022 to 0.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 0.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=0.7 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · Alpena, SD AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 12% of ind
- DART 0.2 DART
- RANK P99
- PHOTO Klement's Sausage Co…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~1,059 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Klement's Sausage Company, Inc. - Juneau Corporate Office (0.0 TCR gap)
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Link Snacks Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Double R Brand
Double R Brand Foods, LLC.
0.5 TCR
- This site
Link Snacks Inc.
0.4 TCR
- Klement's Saus
Klement's Sausage Company, Inc. - Juneau Corporate Office
0.4 TCR
- Land O' Frost
Land O' Frost Munster
0.4 TCR
- Fresh Advantag
Fresh Advantage
0.4 TCR
What this shows Link Snacks Inc. averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Link Snacks Inc. TCR series: 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Link Snacks Inc. falls in its industry
613 Processed meats manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Link Snacks Inc. has more employees than the Processed meats manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · SD · Alpena
613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 3 employers in Alpena, SD · 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 | Klement's Sausage Company, Inc. - Juneau Corporate Office | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Land O' Frost Munster | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fresh Advantage | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Double R Brand Foods, LLC. | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | US01 Alpena Links Snacks Inc. | 1,021 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brookings | 1,154 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - FSD1 | 1,170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dakota Provisions | 902 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jack Links Alpena Plant | 778 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kinley Construction Group | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Birmingham | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Thales Defense & Security, Inc.-Clarksburg | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Radienz Living | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | RWJ University Hospital at Hamilton | 1,059 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JH Kelly, LLC. | 1,059 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - DET1 | 1,058 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Barron Plant | 1,060 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.