Menhaden fishing · Virginia

Omega Protein, Inc

Reedville, VA · ~131 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Omega Protein, Inc runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Menhaden fishing workplace, earning a grade C.

Omega Protein, Inc: 3.8 TCR = 83% of Menhaden fishing BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Omega Protein, Inc safety composite

Omega Protein, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−2.4

2017→2024

Omega Protein, Inc injury rate improved

Omega Protein, Inc's TCR fell 2.4 from 4.2 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.2 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 114111 · Reedville, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 83% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P69
  • PHOTO C/P Alaska Ocean
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C/P Alaska Ocean (0.1 TCR gap)

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Omega Protein, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Omega Protein, Inc averages 3.8 TCR (83% of the Menhaden fishing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Omega Protein, Inc TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=7.1 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Omega Protein, Inc falls in its industry

58 Menhaden fishing establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Omega Protein, Inc (131 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 7.4 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 050100150 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Omega Protein, Inc
Omega Protein, Inc (131 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 7.4

Omega Protein, Inc has more employees than the Menhaden fishing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.4. 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 1.8 0.0 2 0 0
2023 7.1 4.1 6 1 0
2022 5.8 4.1 7 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 1 1 0
2018 3.5 1.7 4 0 0
2017 4.2 2.8 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

114111 · VA · Reedville

58 Menhaden fishing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 4 employers in Reedville, VA · 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 C/P Alaska Ocean 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alpha Vessel Co LLC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AlphaVesselCo LLC, Moss Point, MS Facility 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FV Clipper Surprise 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Feld Entertainment - D35 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE 5472-NAI-0035-0035-02616 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lynchburg Care Center LLC 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Owens-Illinois 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ocean Harvesters 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Omega Protein, Inc Health and Science Center 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport Authority 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR County Market #518 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Perfection Group, Inc., Cincinnati 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Davenport Store 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Osage Industries 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Donsuemor Incorporated 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE RT industries 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE SOMACIS Inc. 131 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.