Poultry Processing · Alabama

Union Springs Plant

Union Springs, AL · ~861 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Union Springs Plant runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade B.

Union Springs Plant: 1.9 TCR = 57% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Union Springs Plant safety composite

Union Springs Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−0.4

2019→2024

Union Springs Plant injury rate improved

Union Springs Plant's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.2 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.2 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Union Springs, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #14/55
  • PHOTO Alatrade-Boaz
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 72 inj
  • SIZE ~861 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alatrade-Boaz (0.0 TCR gap)

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Union Springs Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Union Springs Plant averages 1.9 TCR (57% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Union Springs Plant TCR series: 2019=2.2 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=2 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Union Springs Plant falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 55 Poultry Processing employers in Alabama.

Union Springs Plant (861 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Union Springs Plant
Union Springs Plant (861 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Union Springs Plant has more employees than the Poultry Processing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.8 0.7 14 1 0
2023 0.8 0.4 3 3 0
2022 2.0 1.4 16 2 0
2021 1.2 0.7 11 0 0
2020 3.2 1.6 15 12 0
2019 2.2 1.3 13 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · AL · Union Springs

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 3 employers in Union Springs, 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 Alatrade-Boaz 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koch Foods-Gainesville 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winesburg Plant 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Concord Complex 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Orion Ampitheater 861 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vulcan Industrial Contractors 860 FTE
STATE-SIZE Union Springs processing plant 859 FTE
STATE-SIZE BRHMALDC 858 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dixie Electric Cooperative - Union Springs Location 33 FTE
NAT-TCR WRH, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Austin Public Schools ISD#492-Sumner Elementary 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tropicana Casino Greenville 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Burgess Steel - 200 West Forest Avenue 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE ZF Marysville 861 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Distributor Products 861 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - STL3 861 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nuvance Health Medical Practice PC 861 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.