Poultry Processing · Missouri

Noel Plant

Noel, MO · ~1,447 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
3
Fatalities
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The verdict

Noel Plant runs at 414% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade F.

Noel Plant: 13.7 TCR = 414% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Noel Plant safety composite

Noel Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 15% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

7/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 3

Safer than 1% 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

−0.9

2017→2023

Noel Plant injury rate improved

Noel Plant's TCR fell 0.9 from 6.2 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 47.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.2 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=47.0 · 2021=10.0 · 2022=13.2 · 2023=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Noel, MO ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 13.7 · 414% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO Compass Foods, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 280 inj
  • SIZE ~1,447 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Compass Foods, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Noel Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Noel Plant averages 13.7 TCR (414% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Noel Plant TCR series: 2017=6.2 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=7 · 2020=47 · 2021=10 · 2022=13.2 · 2023=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Noel Plant falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Poultry Processing employers in Missouri.

Noel Plant (1,447 employees, TCR 13.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Noel Plant
Noel Plant (1,447 employees, TCR 13.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Noel Plant has more employees than the Poultry Processing median and a higher 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
2023 5.3 3.8 34 24 0
2022 13.2 11.4 31 146 0
2021 10.0 8.3 34 101 0
2020 47.0 44.2 50 580 3
2019 7.0 4.1 56 45 0
2018 6.8 5.4 50 56 0
2017 6.2 4.8 25 72 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MO · Noel

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 5 employers in Noel, MO · 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 Compass Foods, Inc. 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brakebush Wells 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smart Chicken - Tecumseh 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Turkey Valley Farms 13.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Saint Luke's East Hospital 1,448 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southeast Hospital 1,434 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huttig Building Products, Inc. 1,431 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Arc of the Ozarks 1,467 FTE
CITY-NEAR QSI Noel 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Noel Freezer 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR R&R Packaging, Inc. - Noel 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Noel, MO - Tyson Avenue 23 FTE
NAT-TCR MBKT Corp 13.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Compass Foods, Inc. 13.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Indian Oaks Living Center 13.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacob Healthcare Center 13.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Entrust Corporation 1,448 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hanover Manufacturing Campus 1,446 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Marks Hospital 1,446 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bronson Healthcare Group 1,448 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: 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.