Chickens, slaughtering and dressing · Tennessee

Pilgrims Processing and Administration

Chattanooga, TN · ~347 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pilgrims Processing and Administration runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chickens, slaughtering and dressing workplace, earning a grade F.

Pilgrims Processing and Administration: 6.6 TCR = 201% of Chickens, slaughtering and dressing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pilgrims Processing and Administration safety composite

Pilgrims Processing and Administration scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−0.6

2023→2024

Pilgrims Processing and Administration injury rate improved

Pilgrims Processing and Administration's TCR fell 0.6 from 7.0 in 2023 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.0 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 201% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO Harbeson DE Processi…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~347 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harbeson DE Processing Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pilgrims Processing and Administration in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pilgrims Processing and Administration averages 6.6 TCR (201% of the Chickens, slaughtering and dressing BLS benchmark).

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

Pilgrims Processing and Administration TCR series: 2023=7 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Pilgrims Processing and Administration falls in its industry

509 Chickens, slaughtering and dre establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Chickens, slaughtering and dre employers in Tennessee.

Pilgrims Processing and Administration (347 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Pilgrims Processing and Administration
Pilgrims Processing and Administration (347 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Pilgrims Processing and Administration has fewer employees than the Chickens, slaughtering and dressing 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 6.3 2.7 9 10 0
2023 7.0 0.0 4 16 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · TN · Chattanooga

509 Chickens, slaughtering and dressing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 Harbeson DE Processing Facility 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR OKF Muldrow Processing 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koch's Turkey Farm 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shelbyville Plant 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 177 347 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3017 347 FTE
STATE-SIZE FXM 347 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nashville Predators, LLC 347 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Crescent Landing at Hattiesburg 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Polyvinyl Films Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Incra - Crawfordsville 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wyche - Cheyenne 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sensus-Uniontown 347 FTE
NAT-SIZE SMS Staffing Solutions, Inc. 347 FTE
NAT-SIZE Viking Industrial 347 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hospitality Ventures LLC 347 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.