Processed poultry manufacturing · Texas

Pilgrim's

Name: Pilgrim's Workplace Safety Data
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Waco, TX · ~514 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Pilgrim's runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Processed poultry manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Pilgrim's: 3.7 TCR = 111% of Processed poultry manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pilgrim's safety composite

Pilgrim's scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−2.7

2016→2022

Pilgrim's injury rate improved

Pilgrim's's TCR fell 2.7 from 6.9 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Waco, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #17/24
PHOTO Arkansas Plant 2
BOOK 7y book
INJ 92 inj
SIZE ~514 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arkansas Plant 2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.7
Arkansas Plant

3.7
OKF Fort Smith

3.6
TFC Poultry LL

3.6
Rockmart

3.6

What this shows Pilgrim's averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the Processed poultry manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Pilgrim's TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Pilgrim's falls in its industry

509 Processed poultry manufacturin establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 24 Processed poultry manufacturin employers in Texas.

Pilgrim's (514 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Pilgrim's has fewer employees than the Processed poultry manufacturing 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
2022	4.2	2.6	19	5
2021	4.3	1.3	17	6
2020	1.6	0.6	5	4
2019	2.0	0.7	6	6
2018	1.6	0.7	7	2
2017	4.9	3.2	19	7
2016	6.9	1.7	19	13

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · TX · Waco

509 Processed poultry manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, TX · 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	Arkansas Plant 2	FORT SMITH, AR	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OKF Fort Smith Plant 2	FORT SMITH, AR	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TFC Poultry LLC	ASHBY, MN	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rockmart	ROCKMART, GA	3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ProFrac Services LLC	CISCO	514 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LyondellBasell La Porte Complex	LA PORTE	514 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 896	GRAND PRAIRIE	514 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Joy Global Surface Mining Inc. - Longview, TX	LONGVIEW	513 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest	Waco	1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3	Waco	1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-TXWAC1	Waco	1,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR	L3Harris AS IAS Waco	Waco	1,400 FTE
NAT-TCR	Tops #032	Sanborn, NY	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tops #522	Ithaca, NY	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tops #452	Hilton, NY	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ridgeview Medical Center	Waconia, MN	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	2904-SAS-AZ	Any, AZ	514 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bemidji State University	Bemidji, MN	514 FTE
NAT-SIZE	194654-Kcks Ndc	Kansas City, KS	514 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Forsyth County-All Other Employees	Winston-Salem, NC	514 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.