Animal except Poultry Slaughtering · Nebraska

Madison Plant

Madison, NE · ~1,224 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

Madison Plant runs at 384% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal except Poultry Slaughtering workplace, earning a grade F.

Madison Plant: 12.7 TCR = 384% of Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Madison Plant safety composite

Madison Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 28% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 2% 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→2024

Madison Plant injury rate improved

Madison Plant's TCR fell 1.3 from 7.9 in 2017 to 6.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 32.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.9 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=32.9 · 2021=12.4 · 2022=24.9 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Madison, NE ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 384% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #17/18
  • PHOTO Storm Lake Plant
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 262 inj
  • SIZE ~1,224 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Storm Lake Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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Madison Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Madison Plant averages 12.7 TCR (384% of the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Madison Plant TCR series: 2017=7.9 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=32.9 · 2021=12.4 · 2022=24.9 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Madison Plant falls in its industry

212 Animal except Poultry Slaughte establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Animal except Poultry Slaughte employers in Nebraska.

Madison Plant (1,224 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Madison Plant
Madison Plant (1,224 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Madison Plant has more employees than the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 6.6 5.0 42 37 0
2023 8.6 6.3 41 54 0
2022 24.9 22.6 33 254 0
2021 12.4 10.8 36 117 0
2020 32.9 32.0 30 386 2
2019 3.9 2.3 25 24 0
2018 4.2 2.9 21 30 0
2017 7.9 6.0 34 57 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · NE · Madison

212 Animal except Poultry Slaughtering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 8 employers in Madison, NE · 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 Storm Lake Plant 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vermont Packinghouse LLC 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FM Meat Products 12.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wholestone Farms 1,225 FTE
STATE-SIZE BD Medical 1,223 FTE
STATE-SIZE Filtration : Kearney 1,211 FTE
STATE-SIZE FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS HOME/CORP-9 1,211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Madison Ham Plant 199 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSSI / TYSON FOODS INC. - MADISON 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSSI - 0129 Tyson Foods Inc. - Madison 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Madison Distribution Center 66 FTE
NAT-TCR Channel Fish Co. Inc 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sauk Centre Store 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Steel #1 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Carmeco Inc. 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Berry Street Plant 1,224 FTE
NAT-SIZE NGMS-F059 1,224 FTE
NAT-SIZE O'Connell Landscape Maintenance 1,224 FTE
NAT-SIZE MGM Springfield 1,224 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.