Chicken hatcheries · Arkansas

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery

Name: Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Batesville, AR · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.9
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chicken hatcheries workplace, earning a grade A.

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery: 0.9 TCR = 19% of Chicken hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery safety composite

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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

−1.7

2023→2024

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery injury rate improved

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery's TCR fell 1.7 from 1.7 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 19% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #3/21
PHOTO Pilgrim's Douglas Ha…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pilgrim's Douglas Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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1300-Hatchery

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0.9
Pilgrim's Doug

0.9
Holmes Foods I

0.9
Dagsboro DE Ha

0.7

What this shows Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery averages 0.9 TCR (19% of the Chicken hatcheries BLS benchmark).

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery TCR series: 2023=1.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Chicken hatcheries establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 21 Chicken hatcheries employers in Arkansas.

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery (53 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Peco Foods Inc.- Batesville Hatchery has more employees than the Chicken hatcheries 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	1.7	1.7	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · AR · Batesville

197 Chicken hatcheries 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pilgrim's Douglas Hatchery	DOUGLAS, GA	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Holmes Foods Inc / Hatchery	GONZALES, TX	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1300-Hatchery	NASHVILLE, AR	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dagsboro DE Hatchery	DAGSBORO, DE	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	George's Springdale Hatchery	SPRINGDALE	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Siloam Springs Hatchery	SILOAM SPRINGS	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mountain Mechanical	FAYETTEVILLE	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bailey Construction & Consulting LLC - Little Rock location	LITTLE ROCK	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Batesville Processing	Batesville	6,286 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Peco Foods	Batesville	1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR	White River Medical Center	Batesville	1,286 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Future Fuel Chemical Company	Batesville	477 FTE
NAT-TCR	Douglas 10190	Douglas, AZ	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Corrchoice Concord	Concord, NC	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Willmar Office	Willmar, MN	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Target Building Construction, Inc.	Crum Lynne, PA	0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Aerobotix, Inc.	Madison, AL	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dedicated Duncan	Duncan, OK	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lincoln Park 10101	Lincoln Park, MI	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Portage 10187	Portage, MI	53 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. 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.