Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) · Kentucky
Processing Plant Poultry
Hickory, KY · ~1,221 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Processing Plant Poultry runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) workplace, earning a grade B.
Processing Plant Poultry: 2.2 TCR = 67% of Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Processing Plant Poultry safety composite
Processing Plant Poultry scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).
66/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% 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%).
Processing Plant Poultry held a steady TCR band
Processing Plant Poultry's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.9 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.9 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · Hickory, KY AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind
- DART 0.9 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO FTP1
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 162 inj
- SIZE ~1,221 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: FTP1 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Processing Plant Poultry in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Processing Plant Poultry
2.2 TCR
- FTP1
FTP1
2.2 TCR
- Vicksburg Plan
Vicksburg Plant
2.2 TCR
- Pilgrims Pride
Pilgrims Pride Elberton
2.2 TCR
- OMP Rogers Pro
OMP Rogers Processing Plant
2.2 TCR
What this shows Processing Plant Poultry averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS benchmark).
Processing Plant Poultry TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=2 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Processing Plant Poultry falls in its industry
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, f establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Chickens, processing, fresh, f employers in Kentucky.
Processing Plant Poultry has more employees than the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, can median and a lower 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 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 22 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 16 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 23 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 24 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 16 | 17 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 17 | 19 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 16 | 19 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 14 | 10 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · KY · Hickory
509 Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 7 employers in Hickory, KY · 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 | FTP1 | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vicksburg Plant | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pilgrims Pride Elberton | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OMP Rogers Processing Plant | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - CVG5 | 1,222 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cromwell Plant | 1,223 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KY_Louisville_10300 Ormsby_call ctr_KC9030700 | 1,224 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baptist Health Deaconess | 1,214 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mayfield Consumer Products | 400 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI - 1061 Pilgrim's Pride Inc. - Mayfield | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Centrifugal Technologies, Inc | 43 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CTI, Inc. | 38 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Pennington Seed - PennPak III | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ports Petroleum Co., Inc. Corporate Offices | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harris Mountain West SLC, LLC | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Eagle #0465 | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Springdale AR Terminal | 1,221 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | double lucky inc | 1,221 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Givaudan | 1,221 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, LLC | 1,221 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.