Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked · Virginia

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant

Dayton, VA · ~1,171 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked workplace, earning a grade D.

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant: 4.0 TCR = 123% of Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant safety composite

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

2016→2024

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant injury rate improved

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant's TCR fell 0.6 from 5.1 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Dayton, VA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 123% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #15/19
  • PHOTO Dorada Foods Reidsvi…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 242 inj
  • SIZE ~1,171 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dorada Foods Reidsville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant averages 4.0 TCR (123% of the Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked BLS benchmark).

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

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=3 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4 · 2022=4 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant falls in its industry

509 Turkeys, processing, fresh, fr establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 19 Turkeys, processing, fresh, fr employers in Virginia.

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant (1,171 employees, TCR 4.0) 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 Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant
Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant (1,171 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Primary Poultry - Dayton VA Plant has more employees than the Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, cann 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 4.5 4.0 35 18 0
2023 3.8 3.1 21 29 0
2022 4.0 3.5 29 24 0
2021 4.0 3.1 22 30 0
2020 4.6 3.9 27 29 0
2019 4.4 3.4 31 23 0
2018 2.9 2.1 24 14 0
2017 3.0 2.3 18 21 0
2016 5.1 4.1 35 32 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · VA · Dayton

509 Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 6 employers in Dayton, VA · 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 Dorada Foods Reidsville 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koch Foods Prepared Plant 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc Processing Plant 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Laurel Processing 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE EMCOR Government Services 1,167 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lewis Gale Medical Center 1,159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon Transportation Services : RIC5 1,187 FTE
STATE-SIZE BAE Norfolk Ship Repair 1,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR QSI Dayton 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Skyline Roofing Inc. 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dayton Mill 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stone Hill Construction Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-TCR Lyrical Foods Inc. Dba Kite Hill -Hayward 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR S07208 - WI Berlin 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR S04008 - Twin Bridges LF 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill CFL - Viera 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northeast Georgia Center Braselton 1,171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland-Cliffs Dearborn Works 1,171 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clarksville Plant 1,171 FTE
NAT-SIZE PH Shared Services-Administration 1,171 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.