Poultry Processing · Maryland

Salisbury Plant

Salisbury, MD · ~584 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Salisbury Plant runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade B.

Salisbury Plant: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Salisbury Plant safety composite

Salisbury Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−1.4

2019→2024

Salisbury Plant injury rate improved

Salisbury Plant's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.0 in 2019 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Salisbury, MD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Processing plant
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 64 inj
  • SIZE ~584 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Processing plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Salisbury Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Salisbury Plant averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Salisbury Plant TCR series: 2019=2 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Salisbury Plant falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Poultry Processing employers in Maryland.

Salisbury Plant (584 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Salisbury Plant
Salisbury Plant (584 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Salisbury Plant has fewer employees than the Poultry Processing 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 0.6 0.3 4 0 0
2023 1.8 1.4 11 0 0
2022 0.8 0.7 5 0 0
2021 1.8 1.7 11 0 0
2020 3.7 2.4 22 0 0
2019 2.0 1.5 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MD · Salisbury

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 132 employers in Salisbury, MD · 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 Processing plant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR J & J Enterprises, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR OKF Newlon Warehouse 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smithfield St. James, MN 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE NGMS-B750 584 FTE
STATE-SIZE NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring Inc - Columbia 586 FTE
STATE-SIZE Broadway Services at Johns Hopkins Health System 586 FTE
STATE-SIZE 230387-BALT INC MAIL MD P&DC 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Office 637 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-PD-SBY-SALISBURY-PD 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Salisbury 430 FTE
CITY-NEAR Perdue Transportation Incorporated 427 FTE
NAT-TCR Logistec Everglades LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 16 - Boston 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 0b60 - San Diego Fas 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vinton Metal Processing, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chicago Theatre 584 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Providence Center 584 FTE
NAT-SIZE O&R Svoc 584 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lawrence Memorial Hospital 584 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. 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.