Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing · Nebraska

Preferred Popcorn

Chapman, NE · ~42 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Preferred Popcorn runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Preferred Popcorn: 5.3 TCR = 130% of Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preferred Popcorn safety composite

Preferred Popcorn scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Preferred Popcorn: 5.0 → 9.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2023

Preferred Popcorn's TCR rose 4.1 from 5.0 in 2019 to 9.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311999 · Chapman, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 130% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Michael Foods Inc. B…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Michael Foods Inc. Britt, Iowa (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preferred Popcorn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preferred Popcorn averages 5.3 TCR (130% 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 TCR series: 2019=5 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=9.1 · BLS 4.1

Where Preferred Popcorn falls in its industry

335 Popcorn (except popped) manufa establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Popcorn (except popped) manufa employers in Nebraska.

Preferred Popcorn (42 employees, TCR 5.3) 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
Preferred Popcorn (42 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Preferred Popcorn has fewer employees than the Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing median and a higher 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 9.1 2.3 4 0 0
2022 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2021 7.8 7.8 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.0 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311999 · NE · Chapman

335 Popcorn (except popped) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 3 employers in Chapman, NE · 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 Michael Foods Inc. Britt, Iowa 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR GELITA USA Chicago 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pro-Form Laboratories 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWY-0045-0045-08245 FAC-08245-MERCED-CA 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beaver Crossing 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1155.2-Waco, NE-Tech (Monsanto Co.) 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience -York production West 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lacy Construction Company 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preferred Popcorn Chapman 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mountain Manufacturing Preferred Popcorn Chapman - 4030 28 FTE
NAT-TCR Regional Maintenance Facility- Interceptor Services 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Nu Look Exteriors, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Christ the King Manor Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Zurn Bensenville 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southview - Lexington Pointe Senior Living 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florence Health Services 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medtronic Sunnyvale Stewart 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Red Cross - 2731 N 1st St 42 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.