Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing · Arizona

R. E. Darling Co., Inc.

Tucson, AZ · ~181 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R. E. Darling Co., Inc. runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

R. E. Darling Co., Inc.: 4.5 TCR = 136% of Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R. E. Darling Co., Inc. safety composite

R. E. Darling Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

R. E. Darling Co., Inc.: 2.2 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.54× in 2024

R. E. Darling Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 1.1 from 2.2 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325212 · Tucson, AZ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 136% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK P31
  • PHOTO Rolenn Mnaufacturing…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 60 inj
  • SIZE ~181 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rolenn Mnaufacturing, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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R. E. Darling Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R. E. Darling Co., Inc. averages 4.5 TCR (136% of the Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

R. E. Darling Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=2 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=8.9 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where R. E. Darling Co., Inc. falls in its industry

90 Rubber, synthetic, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
R. E. Darling Co., Inc. (181 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate R. E. Darling Co., Inc.
R. E. Darling Co., Inc. (181 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8

R. E. Darling Co., Inc. has more employees than the Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 3.4 2.4 7 0 0
2023 5.5 4.5 10 1 0
2022 8.3 7.2 14 1 0
2021 8.9 7.1 15 0 0
2020 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2019 2.0 1.4 3 0 0
2018 4.2 2.8 6 0 0
2016 2.2 2.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325212 · AZ · Tucson

90 Rubber, synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 1,150 employers in Tucson, AZ · 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 Rolenn Mnaufacturing, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Medical Innovations 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Omnova Solutions - Mogadore, Ohio Site 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MikronPMP 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Swire Coca-Cola of Tucson 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aerospace : Glendale 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woody Mountain 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE SWY-0017-0017-01747 FAC-01747-CHINO VALLEY-AZ 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Arizona 18,951 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raytheon_Tucson_AZ_Airport Site 9,878 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tucson Medical Center 4,407 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Tucson 3,989 FTE
NAT-TCR ULB 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Redner's Warehouse Market Ephrata 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR International Plaza #810 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Thorndale Store 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Frey Electric Construction Company Inc. 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beloit 14 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gem State Processing 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weather Shield Mfg Inc.--- Park Falls Plant 15 181 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.