Slaughtering, custom · Illinois

Smithfield Foods, Inc

Name: Smithfield Foods, Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Monmouth, IL · ~1,450 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Smithfield Foods, Inc runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Slaughtering, custom workplace, earning a grade D.

Smithfield Foods, Inc: 6.3 TCR = 192% of Slaughtering, custom BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smithfield Foods, Inc safety composite

Smithfield Foods, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−1.7

2021→2023

Smithfield Foods, Inc injury rate improved

Smithfield Foods, Inc's TCR fell 1.7 from 7.3 in 2021 to 5.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.3 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Monmouth, IL ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 192% of ind

DART 3.7 DART
RANK #8/12
PHOTO Zweigle's
BOOK 3y book
INJ 198 inj
SIZE ~1,450 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zweigle's (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bob Evans Food

6.4
Hylife foods

6.4
This site

6.3
Zweigle's

6.3
CS Beef Packer

6.3

What this shows Smithfield Foods, Inc averages 6.3 TCR (192% of the Slaughtering, custom BLS benchmark).

Smithfield Foods, Inc TCR series: 2021=7.3 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=5.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Smithfield Foods, Inc falls in its industry

212 Slaughtering, custom establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Slaughtering, custom employers in Illinois.

Smithfield Foods, Inc (1,450 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Smithfield Foods, Inc has more employees than the Slaughtering, custom median and a higher 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
2023	5.6	3.7	69	18
2022	6.1	5.0	65	27
2021	7.3	5.5	64	56

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · IL · Monmouth

212 Slaughtering, custom employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 33 employers in Monmouth, IL · 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	Zweigle's	ROCHESTER, NY	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bob Evans Foods, Xenia	XENIA, OH	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CS Beef Packers	KUNA, ID	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hylife foods	WINDOM, MN	6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ILWDI - Chicago Coyote Office (ILWDI)	CHICAGO	1,455 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Memorial Hospital Belleville	BELLEVILLE	1,455 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cadence Health	WINFIELD	1,456 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Chinatown	CHICAGO	1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Monmouth	Monmouth	1,656 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Monmouth-Roseville CUSD #$238	Monmouth	276 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cloverleaf Cold Storage-Monmouth	Monmouth	174 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Holy Family Medical Center	Monmouth	153 FTE
NAT-TCR	Rocco Building Supplies, LLC	Harrisonburg, VA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Goodwill Mennonite Home	Grantsville, MD	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rutland Material Recycling Facility	Rutland, VT	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Quantum Holdings, LLC	Everett, WA	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Dart Container Horse Cave	Horse Cave, KY	1,450 FTE
NAT-SIZE	W.E.Bowers	Beltsville, MD	1,450 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Supply Chain - Decatur	Decatur, AL	1,450 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BALDOR Bronx	Bronx, NY	1,450 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.