Lamb carcasses, half carcasses, primal and sub-primal cuts, produced in slaughtering plants · Colorado

Superior Farms

Denver, CO · ~177 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Superior Farms runs at 419% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lamb carcasses, half carcasses, primal and sub-primal cuts, produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade F.

Superior Farms: 13.8 TCR = 419% of Lamb carcasses, half carcasses, primal and sub-primal cuts, produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Farms safety composite

Superior Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

TCR Δ

−16.9

2018→2023

Superior Farms injury rate improved

Superior Farms's TCR fell 16.9 from 26.4 in 2018 to 9.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 26.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=26.4 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=6.6 · 2022=15.1 · 2023=9.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 419% of ind

  • DART 9.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Logansport Plant
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 106 inj
  • SIZE ~177 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Logansport Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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Superior Farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Superior Farms averages 13.8 TCR (419% of the Lamb carcasses, half carcasses, primal and sub-primal cuts, produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).

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

Superior Farms TCR series: 2018=26.4 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=6.6 · 2022=15.1 · 2023=9.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Superior Farms falls in its industry

212 Lamb carcasses, half carcasses establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Lamb carcasses, half carcasses employers in Colorado.

Superior Farms (177 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Superior Farms
Superior Farms (177 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Superior Farms has fewer employees than the Lamb carcasses, half carcasses, primal a median and a higher 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 9.5 9.0 18 0 0
2022 15.1 11.2 20 3 0
2020 6.6 5.9 19 0 0
2019 11.4 9.8 26 1 0
2018 26.4 26.4 23 23 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · CO · Denver

212 Lamb carcasses, half carcasses, primal and sub-primal cuts, produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 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 Logansport Plant 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pasco Plant 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FM Meat Products 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meat Processing Plant 14.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rusin Concrete Construction 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-2423 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE 620-00077 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2225 - Edgewater 177 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN DEN 9,832 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-DEN 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices 5,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-01 4,581 FTE
NAT-TCR 3810 - Savannah IW 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Seafood City Supermarket - Mira Mesa 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Weiser of Cascadia 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR AMG Aluminum North America LLC 13.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lasell Village 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tramont MFG, LLC 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE Department of Streets & Sanitation - Bureau of Traffic Services 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE C411 Charleston 177 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.