Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing · Alabama
The JM Smucker Co
Decatur, AL · ~207 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
The JM Smucker Co runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
The JM Smucker Co: 3.0 TCR = 77% of Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
The JM Smucker Co safety composite
The JM Smucker Co scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% 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
−3.9
2022→2024
The JM Smucker Co injury rate improved
The JM Smucker Co's TCR fell 3.9 from 4.7 in 2022 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=4.7 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311111 · Decatur, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 77% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #2/6
- PHOTO Bloomsburg Plant
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~207 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bloomsburg Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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The JM Smucker Co in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Hills Pet Nutr
Hills Pet Nutrition
3.1 TCR
- This site
The JM Smucker Co
3 TCR
- Bloomsburg Pla
Bloomsburg Plant
3 TCR
- Specialty Feed
Specialty Feeds, Inc.
3 TCR
- PCB-Bloomsburg
PCB-Bloomsburg
3 TCR
What this shows The JM Smucker Co averages 3.0 TCR (77% of the Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
The JM Smucker Co TCR series: 2022=4.7 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.9
Where The JM Smucker Co falls in its industry
302 Pet food, dog and cat, manufac establishmentsSafer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Pet food, dog and cat, manufac employers in Alabama.
The JM Smucker Co has more employees than the Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311111 · AL · Decatur
302 Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 239 employers in Decatur, AL · 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 | Bloomsburg Plant | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Specialty Feeds, Inc. | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PCB-Bloomsburg | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hills Pet Nutrition | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Johnson Contractors Inc. | 207 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Airtek Construction | 207 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls | 207 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Birmingham Fastener & Supply, Inc. | 207 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Supply Chain - Decatur | 1,450 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Decatur processing plant | 885 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ULA-Decatur | 701 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Decatur Fresh Plant | 671 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Focus Fire Protection, LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | D&D Packaging, a Rusken Company | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Touchpoints Therapy LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fuchs North America | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Avancez Assembly Hazel Park | 207 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Edelbrock Group | 207 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IES Communications, LLC - Sterling | 207 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eurotranciatura USA | 207 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.