Processed meats manufacturing · Alabama

R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc.

Selma, AL · ~154 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. runs at 423% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc.: 14.0 TCR = 423% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. safety composite

R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 25.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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.L.Zeigler Co., Inc.: 3.7 → 25.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 25.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.83× in 2020

R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 21.8 from 3.7 in 2016 to 25.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Selma, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 423% of ind

  • DART 25.5 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Stock Yards Las Vega…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~154 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stock Yards Las Vegas Harrison (0.0 TCR gap)

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R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. averages 14.0 TCR (423% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=3.6 · 2019=23.1 · 2020=25.5 · BLS 3.3

Where R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. falls in its industry

613 Processed meats manufacturing establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Alabama.

R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. (154 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc.
R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. (154 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

R.L.Zeigler Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Processed meats manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2020 25.5 25.5 8 0 0
2019 23.1 23.1 6 1 0
2017 3.6 1.0 7 0 0
2016 3.7 0.5 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · AL · Selma

613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 48 employers in Selma, AL · 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 Stock Yards Las Vegas Harrison 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western's Smokehouse & Meat Market, LLC. 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Protein Specialists Company 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quality Processing Services Spencer 13.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE D&J Enterprises 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE RJ Mechanical Inc. 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vectorply Corporation 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huntsville Manufacturing 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR International Paper - Riverdale Mill 779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vaughan Regional Medical Center 473 FTE
CITY-NEAR S0492 VAUGHAN REGIONAL MED CTR 352 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bush Hog Selma 338 FTE
NAT-TCR Sioux City Fire Rescue 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Guard Construction and Contracting Corporation 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercury Air Cargo (JAL) 14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Highline Rehabilitation & Care Community 14.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Indianapolis Fruit Company 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crystal Hill 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hanover Health and Rehabiliation Center 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plattsburgh Powersports 154 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: 2020, 2019, 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.