Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing · Indiana

Preferred Popcorn East

Palmyra, IN · ~27 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Preferred Popcorn East runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Preferred Popcorn East: 2.4 TCR = 59% of Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preferred Popcorn East safety composite

Preferred Popcorn East scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−5.1

2019→2023

Preferred Popcorn East injury rate improved

Preferred Popcorn East's TCR fell 5.1 from 8.6 in 2019 to 3.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311999 · Palmyra, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/19
  • PHOTO Newly Weds Foods, LL…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Newly Weds Foods, LLC. - Erlanger (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preferred Popcorn East in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preferred Popcorn East averages 2.4 TCR (59% of the Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Preferred Popcorn East TCR series: 2019=8.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.5 · BLS 4.1

Where Preferred Popcorn East falls in its industry

335 Popcorn (except popped) manufa establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 19 Popcorn (except popped) manufa employers in Indiana.

Preferred Popcorn East (27 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Preferred Popcorn East
Preferred Popcorn East (27 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Preferred Popcorn East has fewer employees than the Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2023 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.6 4.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311999 · IN · Palmyra

335 Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 5 employers in Palmyra, IN · 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 Newly Weds Foods, LLC. - Erlanger 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michael Foods - Norwalk 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Proven Partners Manufacturing 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sugar Foods Sun Valley 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fischer Seeds 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strauss Feed Mill 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Fuel Production of Michigan 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Energy of McBain 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uhl Truck Sales Inc. 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue River Services - Pal Hab 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mountain Manufacturing Preferred Popcorn Palmyra - 4031 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preferred Popcorn Indiana 23 FTE
NAT-TCR PAHC Management & Services Corporation 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Farmhouse Pottery 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Vienna Convalescent Hospital, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR G F Precision Molding Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cadence Aerospace - Orange 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emerald Construction Company 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE main 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ralph Martinez Trucking Inc. 27 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.