Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses · Kentucky

Smithfield Packaging

Grayson, KY · ~597 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smithfield Packaging runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade B.

Smithfield Packaging: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smithfield Packaging safety composite

Smithfield Packaging scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−2.1

2020→2024

Smithfield Packaging injury rate improved

Smithfield Packaging's TCR fell 2.1 from 3.1 in 2020 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.1 · 2021=2.8 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO Land O'Frost Lansing
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~597 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Land O'Frost Lansing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smithfield Packaging in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Smithfield Packaging averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Smithfield Packaging TCR series: 2020=3.1 · 2021=2.8 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Smithfield Packaging falls in its industry

613 Hams, preserved (except poultr establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Hams, preserved (except poultr employers in Kentucky.

Smithfield Packaging (597 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Smithfield Packaging
Smithfield Packaging (597 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Smithfield Packaging has more employees than the Hams, preserved (except poultry), made f 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 1.0 1.0 3 2 0
2023 2.4 2.1 12 2 0
2021 2.8 1.3 17 0 0
2020 3.1 2.2 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · KY · Grayson

613 Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 14 employers in Grayson, KY · 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 Land O'Frost Lansing 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viscofan USA Inc 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eddy Packing Co. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Johnsonville - Meadowside Plant 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cynthiana 597 FTE
STATE-SIZE KYLOA - UPSCO GLOBAL OPERATIONS CENTER 598 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jabil 599 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kentucky Kingdom Theme Park, LLC. 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield-Grayson 578 FTE
CITY-NEAR GYSNKYBR - AT&T Mobility Services LLC 395 FTE
CITY-NEAR GYSNKYBR 323 FTE
CITY-NEAR 128 - ASHLAND DC 178 FTE
NAT-TCR 017-CLOVIS 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 790 Harlan 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Barton Memorial Hospital 597 FTE
NAT-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 38 597 FTE
NAT-SIZE NGDS-MD50 597 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Statesville 597 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.