Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses · Texas
Waelder Plant
Waelder, TX · ~312 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Waelder Plant runs at 6% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade A.
Waelder Plant: 0.2 TCR = 6% of Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Waelder Plant safety composite
Waelder Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).
84/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 100% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% 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%).
Waelder Plant held a steady TCR band
Waelder Plant's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.3 in 2023 to 0.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=0.3 · 2024=0.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · Waelder, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 6% of ind
- DART 0.1 DART
- RANK #2/51
- PHOTO Global Headquarters
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 39 inj
- SIZE ~312 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Global Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)
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Waelder Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Fresh Advantag
Fresh Advantage
0.4 TCR
- Klement's Saus
Klement's Sausage Company, Inc. - Juneau Corporate Office
0.4 TCR
- This site 0.2
Waelder Plant
0.2 TCR
- Global Headqua 0.2
Global Headquarters
0.2 TCR
- Weimar Plant 0.1
Weimar Plant
0.1 TCR
What this shows Waelder Plant averages 0.2 TCR (6% of the Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).
Waelder Plant TCR series: 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Waelder Plant falls in its industry
613 Beef, primal and sub-primal cu establishmentsSafer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 51 Beef, primal and sub-primal cu employers in Texas.
Waelder Plant has more employees than the Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made f median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · TX · Waelder
613 Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 13 employers in Waelder, TX · 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 | Global Headquarters | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Weimar Plant | 0.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fresh Advantage | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Klement's Sausage Company, Inc. - Juneau Corporate Office | 0.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Worley Field Services @ DAC-1 Access | 312 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | V.K. Knowlton Construction and Utilities Inc. | 312 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FireTron | 312 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SPT Laredo | 312 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | J Bar B Foods Waelder | 354 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Banyan Texas | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Complex 2 | 67 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waelder 1 Complex | 60 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Servion Group | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MDW-GH | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Information Technology Services Raritan | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | YAPP USA Automotive Systems Inc. | 312 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fieldturf USA | 312 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Orhll - Hillsboro Center | 312 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mikal - Kalamazoo | 312 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.