Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants · Iowa

Smithfield Denison

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Denison, IA · ~1,555 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Smithfield Denison runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade D.

Smithfield Denison: 5.2 TCR = 158% of Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smithfield Denison safety composite

Smithfield Denison scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
DART rate: B 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers
Fatalities: C 0

Safer than 55% 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

−2.9

2016→2019

Smithfield Denison injury rate improved

Smithfield Denison's TCR fell 2.9 from 6.1 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Denison, IA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #13/26
PHOTO Primary Beef-Fresno CA
BOOK 4y book
INJ 269 inj
SIZE ~1,555 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Primary Beef-Fresno CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sioux Center H

5.3
JBS Plainwell

5.3
This site

5.2
Primary Beef-F

5.2
Primay Beef -

5.2

What this shows Smithfield Denison averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).

Smithfield Denison TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Smithfield Denison falls in its industry

212 Boxed meats produced in slaugh establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 26 Boxed meats produced in slaugh employers in Iowa.

Smithfield Denison (1,555 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Smithfield Denison has more employees than the Boxed meats produced in slaughtering pla median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2019	3.2	1.5	43	11
2018	5.2	4.3	64	30
2017	6.5	3.6	84	29
2016	6.1	3.3	78	28

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · IA · Denison

212 Boxed meats produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 29 employers in Denison, IA · 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	Primary Beef-Fresno CA	FRESNO, CA	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Primay Beef - Schuyler Location	SCHUYLER, NE	5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sioux Center Harvest Plant	SIOUX CENTER, IA	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JBS Plainwell INC	PLAINWELL, MI	5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Des Moines Works	ANKENY	1,555 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center	MASON CITY	1,556 FTE
STATE-SIZE	South Ice Cream Plant	LE MARS	1,523 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mercy Medical Center-Mason City-MHS-IA/NE	MASON CITY	1,590 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Foods Denison IA	Denison	1,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Monogram Quality Foods LLC	Denison	337 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Crawford County Memorial Hospital	Denison	249 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1732	Denison	163 FTE
NAT-TCR	669 - Naples	Naples, FL	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	CA312B	Rancho Cordova, CA	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	PetSmart DC-14	Ennis, TX	5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	ITW Deltar Fasteners - Frankfort	Frankfort, IL	5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	New Brunswick	New Brunswick, NJ	1,555 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eat Sweet Farms	Santa Maria, CA	1,555 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Paphi - Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	1,555 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elkhart General Hospital	Elkhart, IN	1,555 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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