Poultry Processing · Ohio

VW Cooked Meats Plant

Name: VW Cooked Meats Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Van Wert, OH · ~685 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

VW Cooked Meats Plant runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade C.

VW Cooked Meats Plant: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VW Cooked Meats Plant safety composite

VW Cooked Meats Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−1.3

2023→2024

VW Cooked Meats Plant injury rate improved

VW Cooked Meats Plant's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.5 in 2023 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.5 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Van Wert, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #5/13
PHOTO Pilgrim's
BOOK 2y book
INJ 34 inj
SIZE ~685 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pilgrim's (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.9
PREPARED FOODS

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What this shows VW Cooked Meats Plant averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

VW Cooked Meats Plant TCR series: 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where VW Cooked Meats Plant falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Poultry Processing employers in Ohio.

VW Cooked Meats Plant (685 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

VW Cooked Meats 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	2.3	2.3	14	0	0
2023	3.5	2.9	20	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · OH · Van Wert

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 48 employers in Van Wert, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pilgrim's	ARCADIA, WI	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ambassador Sanitation Management @ Wayne Farms Fresh Plant	DECATUR, AL	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Processing Plant	CANTON, GA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PREPARED FOODS	MT PLEASANT, TX	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Buckeye Broadband	NORTHWOOD	685 FTE
STATE-SIZE	StandardAero Component Services	CINCINNATI	684 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Walgreens PBDC	PERRYSBURG	687 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Anchor Hocking	LANCASTER	688 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VAN WERT OH	Van Wert	951 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Danfoss Power Solutions II, LLC	Van Wert	840 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cooper Farms Cooked Meats	Van Wert	597 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Van Wert Health	Van Wert	416 FTE
NAT-TCR	STR0462	Roanoke, VA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	STR0608	Tuscaloosa, AL	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	North Woods School	Cook, MN	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	ColourPop Cosmetics	Oxnard, CA	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	L&R Distributors	Brooklyn, NY	685 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Smoker Craft Inc	New Paris, IN	685 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US Foods Metro NY DC	Perth Amboy, NJ	685 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc.	Wabash, IN	685 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.