Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) · North Carolina
Morganton Plant
Morganton, NC · ~878 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Morganton Plant runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) workplace, earning a grade A.
Morganton Plant: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Morganton Plant safety composite
Morganton Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).
77/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% 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
−0.6
2019→2020
Morganton Plant injury rate improved
Morganton Plant's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.6 in 2019 to 1.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=1.6 · 2020=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · Morganton, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #7/32
- PHOTO Koch Foods-Cumming
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 26 inj
- SIZE ~878 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Koch Foods-Cumming (0.0 TCR gap)
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Morganton Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Morganton Plant
1.3 TCR
- Koch Foods-Cum
Koch Foods-Cumming
1.3 TCR
- Fieldale Farms
Fieldale Farms - Further Processing Plant
1.3 TCR
- West Central T
West Central Turkeys
1.3 TCR
- Marshville Pla
Marshville Plant
1.3 TCR
What this shows Morganton Plant averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS benchmark).
Morganton Plant TCR series: 2019=1.6 · 2020=1 · BLS 3.3
Where Morganton Plant falls in its industry
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, f establishmentsSafer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 32 Chickens, processing, fresh, f employers in North Carolina.
Morganton Plant has more employees than the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, can 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · NC · Morganton
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 106 employers in Morganton, NC · 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 | Koch Foods-Cumming | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fieldale Farms - Further Processing Plant | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | West Central Turkeys | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Marshville Plant | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 363195-GREENSBORO NC P&DC | 878 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fayetteville State University | 877 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mount Olive Pickle Company, Inc. | 875 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Camco mfg., Inc. | 883 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL | 3,263 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc. | 1,461 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0090-BRHC Hospitals | 1,460 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Broughton Hospital | 1,198 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | LMM Austin North | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tanasbourne Grocery Outlet | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jeffersonville, IN | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1132 Dickson City, Pa | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mary Free Bed Main Campus | 878 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ingram Micro Irvine Office | 878 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CS Wholesale Grocers : Bethlehem IV, PA (GDC) | 878 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Des Moines (Iades) | 878 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.