Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants · North Carolina
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.
Tar Heel, NC · ~3,933 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade A.
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. safety composite
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 55%), 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).
82/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 94% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% 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%).
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. held a steady TCR band
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 1.4 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=1.4 · 2023=1.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311611 · Tar Heel, NC AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #4/9
- PHOTO Case Ready - Newnan GA
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 105 inj
- SIZE ~3,933 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Case Ready - Newnan GA (0.1 TCR gap)
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Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Case Ready - N
Case Ready - Newnan GA
1.4 TCR
- This site
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.
1.3 TCR
- Kansas City Sa
Kansas City Sausage Co., LLC / Pine Ridge Farms
1.2 TCR
- JBS
JBS
1.2 TCR
- MEAT PROCESSIN
MEAT PROCESSING
1.2 TCR
What this shows Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. TCR series: 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. falls in its industry
212 Pork carcasses, half carcasses establishmentsSafer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Pork carcasses, half carcasses employers in North Carolina.
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. has more employees than the Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and prim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 47 | 15 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 58 | 18 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311611 · NC · Tar Heel
212 Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 11 employers in Tar Heel, NC · 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 | Case Ready - Newnan GA | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kansas City Sausage Co., LLC / Pine Ridge Farms | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JBS | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MEAT PROCESSING | 1.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GlaxoSmithKline Field & Remote | 4,001 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MHCMH-Cone-Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital | 3,806 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp | 4,069 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1004-CHS Corporate Operations | 4,178 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tar Heel Fresh | 4,593 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tar Heel Distribution Center | 351 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI - 0238 Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. - Tar Heel | 245 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dedicated - Tar Heel Shop and Office | 229 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | William Barnet & Son LLC | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Colvos Construction LLC | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ACA Contracting Inc. | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Foss Performance Materials LLC | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - MDW7 | 3,932 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | General Mills (Corporate) | 3,932 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Emory University Hospital | 3,935 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks CT) | 3,929 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.