Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing · Indiana

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC

Elkhart, IN · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC: 5.9 TCR = 150% of Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC safety composite

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−1.2

2019→2024

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC injury rate improved

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC's TCR fell 1.2 from 3.7 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.7 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Elkhart, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 150% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #11/13
  • PHOTO Freshpet Kitchens Pl…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Freshpet Kitchens Plant 1 and 2 - Bethlehem (0.0 TCR gap)

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United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC averages 5.9 TCR (150% of the Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC TCR series: 2019=3.7 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.9

Where United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC falls in its industry

302 Pet food, dog and cat, manufac establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Pet food, dog and cat, manufac employers in Indiana.

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC (30 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC
United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC (30 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

United Pet Food Manufacturing, LLC has fewer employees than the Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing median and a higher 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 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2022 7.7 7.7 2 0 0
2021 11.1 7.4 1 2 0
2020 7.4 7.4 2 0 0
2019 3.7 3.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · IN · Elkhart

302 Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, IN · 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 Freshpet Kitchens Plant 1 and 2 - Bethlehem 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ainsworth Pet Nutrition Frontenac 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LinkOne Potato Solutions, LLC Burley 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NPIC 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Noblesville Generating Station 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawrenceburg Power, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE HQ 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steuben County REMC 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR THOR MOTOR COACH 2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhart Community Schools 1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRV LLC 1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR Cleveland PDC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Systems Automated, LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 044 - Ogilvie Ag Center & Bulk 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cornerstone WI 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Costa Solutions - Corporate & Administrative Offices 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Continental Plumbing, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Refractory Sales & Service Co., Inc. 30 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.