Processed meats manufacturing · Kentucky

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged

Name: Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Middlesboro, KY · ~621 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged safety composite

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged held a steady TCR band

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.1 in 2023 to 2.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Middlesboro, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #2/9
PHOTO Smithfield Sioux Cen…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 26 inj
SIZE ~621 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Smithfield Sioux Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Butterball LLC

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What this shows Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged TCR series: 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged falls in its industry

613 Processed meats manufacturing establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Kentucky.

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged (621 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged has more employees than the Processed meats manufacturing median and a lower 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	Fatalities
2024	2.1	1.3	13	0	0
2023	2.1	1.9	13	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · KY · Middlesboro

613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 26 employers in Middlesboro, KY · 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	Smithfield Sioux Center	SIOUX CENTER, IA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eddy Foods	YOAKUM, TX	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kansas City Steak Company	KANSAS CITY, MISSORI, KS	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC	RAEFORD, NC	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Akebono Elizabethtown	ELIZABETHTOWN	621 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Warsaw, KY	WARSAW	622 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0499	FRANKLIN	622 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TreeHouse Foods Princeton, KY	PRINCETON	619 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro	Middlesboro	527 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 739	Middlesboro	336 FTE
CITY-NEAR	739	Middlesboro	310 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Middlesboro ARH Hospital	Middlesboro	299 FTE
NAT-TCR	Americold Logistics, LLC: Fort Smith 45	Fort Smith, AR	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Metropolitan Edison Company	Reading, PA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bismarck Service Center	Bismarck, ND	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Boelte-Hall, LLC	Roeland Park, KS	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	CBJ Arena Management	Columbus, OH	621 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CenterWell Pharmacy - West Chester	West Chester, OH	621 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ChildServe Center	Johnston, IA	621 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc	Columbia, MD	621 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: 2024, 2023. 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.