Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants · Pennsylvania

USA Pork Packers, Inc.

Hazleton, PA · ~84 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USA Pork Packers, Inc. runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade C.

USA Pork Packers, Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USA Pork Packers, Inc. safety composite

USA Pork Packers, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−3.1

2018→2024

USA Pork Packers, Inc. injury rate improved

USA Pork Packers, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.1 from 6.4 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.4 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Hazleton, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #3/16
  • PHOTO WR Reserve
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WR Reserve (0.0 TCR gap)

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USA Pork Packers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USA Pork Packers, Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and 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

USA Pork Packers, Inc. TCR series: 2018=6.4 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=4.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where USA Pork Packers, Inc. falls in its industry

212 Pork carcasses, half carcasses establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 16 Pork carcasses, half carcasses employers in Pennsylvania.

USA Pork Packers, Inc. (84 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 USA Pork Packers, Inc.
USA Pork Packers, Inc. (84 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

USA Pork Packers, Inc. has fewer employees than the Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and prim median and a lower 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
2024 3.3 3.3 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 4 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2018 6.4 3.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · PA · Hazleton

212 Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 79 employers in Hazleton, PA · 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 WR Reserve 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lone Star Beef Processors 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Butler, WI Plant 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smithfield Foods - Vernon 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE R.W. Sauder Inc 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilkinsburg B 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kriger Pipeline, Incorporatated 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Archbald 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - AVP1 2,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR Case Ready Hazleton PA 872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton 796 FTE
CITY-NEAR LVH-Hazleton 722 FTE
NAT-TCR USD 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Casella Waste Services, Jamestown 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Run Inn Frozen Foods 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Stockmen's Hotel and Casino LLC 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pine Roofing Company, Inc. 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE 284 Pulaski Road 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE 440 East Main Street 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Luke's Medical Group 84 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, 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.