Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses · Wisconsin

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged

Name: Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cudahy, WI · ~1,241 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade D.

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged: 4.5 TCR = 136% of Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged safety composite

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.2

2016→2018

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged injury rate improved

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged's TCR fell 3.2 from 5.0 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Cudahy, WI ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 136% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #30/52
PHOTO PIPESTONE SWIFT PORK…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 147 inj
SIZE ~1,241 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PIPESTONE SWIFT PORK COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged averages 4.5 TCR (136% of the Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged falls in its industry

613 Bacon, slab and sliced, made f establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 52 Bacon, slab and sliced, made f employers in Wisconsin.

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged (1,241 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Smithfield - Cudahy Packaged has more employees than the Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purcha 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
2018	1.8	1.5	15	8
2017	6.8	5.8	73	3
2016	5.0	4.7	59	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · WI · Cudahy

613 Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 51 employers in Cudahy, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	PIPESTONE SWIFT PORK COMPANY	PIPESTONE, MN	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OSI Industries, LLC	CHICAGO, IL	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	814 Americas	ELIZABETH, NJ	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ISC Inc dba Isernio Sausage Company	KENT, WA	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	OAK CREEK (WIOAK)	OAK CREEK	1,240 FTE
STATE-SIZE	County of Kenosha	KENOSHA	1,242 FTE
STATE-SIZE	John Deere Horicon Works	HORICON	1,248 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Assembly Plant	APPLETON	1,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cudahy Packaged	Cudahy	1,131 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Aurora St. Lukes South Shore	Cudahy	801 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ATI Forged Products - Cudahy Operations	Cudahy	732 FTE
CITY-NEAR	School District of Cudahy	Cudahy	407 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lakewood (Njlak)	Lakewood, NJ	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	UGN-Valparaiso	Valparaiso, IN	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hyster-Yale Sulligent Plant	Sulligent, AL	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Holiday Inn - Secaucus	Secaucus, NJ	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	USS Clairton Works	Clairton, PA	1,241 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Garden City Hospital	Garden City, MI	1,241 FTE
NAT-SIZE	9277-585 Park City - Mountain	Park City, UT	1,241 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metro Aviation Inc	Shreveport, LA	1,241 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.