Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing · Alabama

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing

Name: Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Russellville, AL · ~1,028 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing workplace, earning a grade F.

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing: 6.9 TCR = 209% of Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing safety composite

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing held a steady TCR band

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.7 in 2023 to 7.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.7 · 2024=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Russellville, AL ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 209% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #49/55
PHOTO Eufaula Fresh Plant
BOOK 2y book
INJ 64 inj
SIZE ~1,028 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eufaula Fresh Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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TFC POULTRY WI

7
This site

6.9
Eufaula Fresh

6.9
Grimaud Farms

6.9
Koch Foods

6.9

What this shows Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing averages 6.9 TCR (209% of the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS benchmark).

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing TCR series: 2023=6.7 · 2024=7.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing falls in its industry

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 55 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, employers in Alabama.

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing (1,028 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Pilgrims Pride - Central Processing has more employees than the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, fr 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
2024	7.1	2.1	34	43	0
2023	6.7	2.9	30	19	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · AL · Russellville

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 35 employers in Russellville, AL · 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	Eufaula Fresh Plant	BAKER HILL, AL	6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Grimaud Farms plant	STOCKTON, CA	6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Koch Foods	CHICAGO, IL	6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TFC POULTRY WINCHESTER	WINCHESTER, VA	7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ALMON - MONTGOMERY	MONTGOMERY	1,025 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sanmina Corporation - Huntsville	HUNTSVILLE	1,021 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 7067	IRVINGTON	1,017 FTE
STATE-SIZE	THOMAS HOSPITAL	FAIRHOPE	1,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pilgrims Russellville Complex	Russellville	1,094 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Innovative Hearth Products	Russellville	390 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southern Homes Russellville	Russellville	319 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 403	Russellville	292 FTE
NAT-TCR	Addington Place of Burlington	Burlington, IA	6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	ABF Freight 060	Kent, OH	6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	UMMC West Bank West Bldg	Minneapolis, MN	6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	London Facility	London, KY	6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	CDCR R. A. McGee Training Center - 048	Galt, CA	1,028 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PA00000033 Newton Square Donation Center	Newtown Square, PA	1,028 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pa00000032 Goodwill Industries - Swarthm	Swarthmore, PA	1,028 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pa00000031 Goodwill Industries - Concord	Chadds Ford, PA	1,028 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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