Processed meats manufacturing · Nebraska

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp

Name: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp Workplace Safety Data
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Lincoln, NE · ~514 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp safety composite

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2017→2021

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp injury rate improved

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp's TCR fell 1.3 from 4.2 in 2017 to 2.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.2 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Lincoln, NE AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #6/29
PHOTO Swift Prepared Foods…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 62 inj
SIZE ~514 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Swift Prepared Foods Elkhart (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp falls in its industry

613 Processed meats manufacturing establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 29 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Nebraska.

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp (514 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp 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
2021	2.9	2.9	10	3
2020	1.6	1.4	7	0
2019	2.1	2.1	9	1
2018	3.8	3.4	17	3
2017	4.2	3.2	19	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · NE · Lincoln

613 Processed meats manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 496 employers in Lincoln, NE · 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	Swift Prepared Foods Elkhart	ELKHART, IN	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cargill Beef	MILWAUKEE, WI	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	US05 Mankato Links Snacks Inc.	MANKATO, MN	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hormel Foods	KNOXVILLE, IA	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	embecta Holdrege	HOLDREGE	514 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schneider Electric	LINCOLN	516 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Madonna Rehab Hospital-Omaha	OMAHA	516 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McCain Foods	GRAND ISLAND	511 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelnet Servicing LLC	Lincoln	2,850 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nelnet - Lincoln HQ	Lincoln	2,491 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bryan East Campus	Lincoln	2,358 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FACTS Education Corporation	Lincoln	1,986 FTE
NAT-TCR	El Paso Center #2	El Paso, TX	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hershey - Hazleton Plant	Hazle Township, PA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	StoneCreek Health & Rehabilitation	Asheville, NC	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Birdsong Colquitt, Georgia	Colquitt, GA	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center	Syracuse, NY	514 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6458-ZIND	Indianapolis, IN	514 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Martinrea International, Inc.	Manchester, MI	514 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Eagan	Eagan, MN	514 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.