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

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing

Name: Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Athens, GA · ~1,137 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing workplace, earning a grade C.

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing safety composite

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing: 2.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.27× in 2024

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing's TCR rose 1.3 from 2.0 in 2020 to 3.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Athens, GA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #34/67
PHOTO Benson Ave Plant
BOOK 5y book
INJ 107 inj
SIZE ~1,137 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Benson Ave Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS benchmark).

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing TCR series: 2020=2 · 2021=3 · 2022=3 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing falls in its industry

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

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 67 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, employers in Georgia.

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing (1,137 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Pilgrim's Pride Fresh Processing has more employees than the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, fr median and a lower 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
2024	3.2	0.8	15	28
2023	2.5	1.3	17	9
2022	3.0	1.9	24	10
2021	3.0	2.0	27	6
2020	2.0	1.4	24	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · GA · Athens

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 187 employers in Athens, GA · 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	Benson Ave Plant	WILLMAR, MN	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hatchery	BROADWAY, VA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	George's Springdale Further Processing Plant	SPRINGDALE, AR	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Claxton Poultry Farms	CLAXTON, GA	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WellStar North Fulton Hospital	ROSWELL	1,137 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Koch Foods-Cumming	CUMMING	1,138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	St. Joseph's Hospital	SAVANNAH	1,138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Athens Facility	ATHENS	1,140 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital	Athens	2,805 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Mary's Health Care System-SMHCS-GA	Athens	1,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ST.MARYS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	Athens	1,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Mary's Health Care System Inc.- Athens	Athens	1,187 FTE
NAT-TCR	MIDWEST	Danville, IL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	PACIFIC	Merced, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Central District Services	Hutchinson, MN	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hutchinson Sealing Systems	Wytheville, VA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rockwell Automation- Mequon WI (MEQ)	Mequon, WI	1,137 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Titan Ag Services, Inc.	Tipton, CA	1,137 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NP Palace LLC - dba Palace Station Hotel & Casino	Las Vegas, NV	1,137 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SJC7	Tracy, CA	1,137 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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