Hatcheries, poultry · Arkansas

Peco Foods Hatchery

Batesville, AR · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Peco Foods Hatchery runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hatcheries, poultry workplace, earning a grade A.

Peco Foods Hatchery: 1.4 TCR = 31% of Hatcheries, poultry BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Peco Foods Hatchery safety composite

Peco Foods Hatchery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−4.2

2018→2020

Peco Foods Hatchery injury rate improved

Peco Foods Hatchery's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Batesville, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/21
  • PHOTO Athens Hatchery
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Athens Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Peco Foods Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Peco Foods Hatchery averages 1.4 TCR (31% of the Hatcheries, poultry BLS benchmark).

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

Peco Foods Hatchery TCR series: 2018=4.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Peco Foods Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Hatcheries, poultry establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 21 Hatcheries, poultry employers in Arkansas.

Peco Foods Hatchery (52 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 020406080100120 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Peco Foods Hatchery
Peco Foods Hatchery (52 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Peco Foods Hatchery has more employees than the Hatcheries, poultry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · AR · Batesville

197 Hatcheries, poultry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 57 employers in Batesville, AR · 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 Athens Hatchery 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seaford DE Hatchery 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unlimited Contract Services - Zephyhills, FL 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HATCHERY II / HATCHERY III 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Parks Brothers Farms, Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri Star Contractors, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE AR 1a 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE APAC-Central Office 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Batesville Processing 6,286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Peco Foods 1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR White River Medical Center 1,286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Future Fuel Chemical Company 477 FTE
NAT-TCR McConnell Excavating Ltd 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Iowa Falls Plant 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bhri Orlando 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Naders Pest Raiders Ponte Vedra 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coca-Cola North America, Apopka Base Place 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkview Home 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joseph Companies (IQHC) Fairmont 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joseph Companies (IQHC) 701 W Oakland Ave 52 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.