Processed meats manufacturing · Kentucky

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro

Name: Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Middlesboro, KY · ~527 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Processed meats manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro: 6.8 TCR = 205% of Processed meats manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro safety composite

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro: 4.2 → 8.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2021

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro's TCR rose 3.9 from 4.2 in 2019 to 8.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Middlesboro, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 205% of ind

DART 7.1 DART
RANK #8/9
PHOTO Fair Oaks Farms - West
BOOK 3y book
INJ 101 inj
SIZE ~527 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fair Oaks Farms - West (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.8
Alpine Meats,

6.8

What this shows Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro averages 6.8 TCR (205% of the Processed meats manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro TCR series: 2019=4.2 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=8.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro falls in its industry

613 Processed meats manufacturing establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Processed meats manufacturing employers in Kentucky.

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro (527 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Smithfield Packaged Meats - Middlesboro has more employees than the Processed meats manufacturing median and a higher 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	8.1	7.1	39	4
2020	8.1	7.1	42	1
2019	4.2	3.0	20	2

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	Fair Oaks Farms - West	PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rosina Food Products - Clinton	WEST SENECA, NY	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Stevens Sausage Company Inc	SMITHFIELD, NC	6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alpine Meats, Inc	STOCKTON, CA	6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Marzetti Company	HORSE CAVE	525 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Galt House Hotel	LOUISVILLE	529 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LG&E Center	LOUISVILLE	524 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Club Chef LLC	COVINGTON	530 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield - Middlesboro Packaged	Middlesboro	621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 739	Middlesboro	336 FTE
CITY-NEAR	739	Middlesboro	310 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Middlesboro ARH Hospital	Middlesboro	299 FTE
NAT-TCR	Americana	Longview, WA	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Albertville Terminal	Albertville, AL	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	LIH - Ground Ops	Lihue, HI	6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Zenith - Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX	6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	AGR Group Nevada, LLC	Las Vegas, NV	527 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AZEK Building Products	Wilmington, OH	527 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Halvor Lines Superior Terminal	Superior, WI	527 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2904-SAS-FL	Any, FL	527 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. 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.