Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants · Nebraska
Smithfield Foods
Crete, NE · ~1,775 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smithfield Foods runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade D.
Smithfield Foods: 5.2 TCR = 158% of Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smithfield Foods safety composite
Smithfield Foods scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Smithfield Foods: 4.0 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024
Smithfield Foods's TCR rose 0.8 from 4.0 in 2019 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311611 · Crete, NE ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind
- DART 4.4 DART
- RANK #10/18
- PHOTO Primay Beef - Schuyl…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 329 inj
- SIZE ~1,775 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Primay Beef - Schuyler Location (0.0 TCR gap)
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Smithfield Foods in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Smithfield Foods
5.2 TCR
- Primay Beef -
Primay Beef - Schuyler Location
5.2 TCR
- Smithfield Den
Smithfield Denison
5.2 TCR
- Primary Beef-F
Primary Beef-Fresno CA
5.2 TCR
- Primary Beef -
Primary Beef - Schuyler NE
5.2 TCR
What this shows Smithfield Foods averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).
Smithfield Foods TCR series: 2019=4 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=5 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Smithfield Foods falls in its industry
212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen employers in Nebraska.
Smithfield Foods has more employees than the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except p 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 57 | 31 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 70 | 24 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 60 | 48 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 83 | 33 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 59 | 30 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311611 · NE · Crete
212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 16 employers in Crete, NE · 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 | Primay Beef - Schuyler Location | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Smithfield Denison | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Primary Beef-Fresno CA | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Primary Beef - Schuyler NE | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ACH Bergan Mercy Medical Center | 1,810 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Valley NE | 1,822 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 26290001-262901 ACH BERGAN MERCY MEDICAL CENTER | 1,860 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LRS Healthcare, LLC | 1,879 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield | 2,156 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nestle Purina Petcare | 533 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4322 | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 4322 | 160 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Binghamton NY FXFE-BGM | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | R.M. Sullivan Transportation Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bus Garage | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Central Florida Exterior | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - HOU5 | 1,775 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eagle Express Lines, Inc | 1,775 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CooperVision Manufacturing Puerto Rico LLC | 1,774 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : TUS1 | 1,774 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.