Beef produced in slaughtering plants · Texas
Lone Star Beef Processors
San Angelo, TX · ~660 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Lone Star Beef Processors runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Beef produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Lone Star Beef Processors's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.7 to the Beef produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark of 3.3 (113% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Lone Star Beef Processors's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Lone Star Beef Processors falls in its industry
216 Beef produced in slaughtering establishmentsSafer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 19 Beef produced in slaughtering employers in Texas.
Trend analysis for Lone Star Beef Processors
Between 2020 and 2024, Lone Star Beef Processors's Total Case Rate improved from 4.7 to 2.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 46% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 2.5, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 4.7, a spread of 2.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 5 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Lone Star Beef Processors recorded 143 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 143 injuries, 12 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Lone Star Beef Processors are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311611 - Beef produced in slaughtering plants.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
9 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,500,292 hours worked = 1.20 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Beef Processors (this establishment) | 3.72 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Beef produced in slaughtering plants industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311611 |
| Texas state avg (all industries) | 3.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Lone Star Beef Processors to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 19 reportable incidents · 19 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 31 reportable incidents · 31 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 33 reportable incidents · 32 injuries, 0 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 33 reportable incidents · 30 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 40 reportable incidents · 31 injuries, 9 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 31 | 9 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Lone Star Beef Processors's reported OSHA injury record versus its Beef produced in slaughtering plants peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 113% of the Beef produced in slaughtering plants benchmark, Lone Star Beef Processors reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Beef produced in slaughtering plants sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.