Poultry Processing · Arkansas

Waldron Plant

Waldron, AR · ~759 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waldron Plant runs at 291% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade F.

Waldron Plant: 9.6 TCR = 291% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waldron Plant safety composite

Waldron Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−1.9

2017→2024

Waldron Plant injury rate improved

Waldron Plant's TCR fell 1.9 from 3.5 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 26.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.5 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=16.9 · 2021=26.5 · 2022=17.7 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Waldron, AR ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 291% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #66/69
  • PHOTO Lupo's Federal Plant
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 75 inj
  • SIZE ~759 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lupo's Federal Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waldron Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waldron Plant averages 9.6 TCR (291% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Waldron Plant TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=16.9 · 2021=26.5 · 2022=17.7 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Waldron Plant falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 69 Poultry Processing employers in Arkansas.

Waldron Plant (759 employees, TCR 9.6) 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 Waldron Plant
Waldron Plant (759 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Waldron Plant has more employees than the Poultry Processing median and a higher 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 1.6 1.0 6 5 0
2023 7.9 1.7 9 41 0
2022 17.7 16.3 11 92 0
2021 26.5 25.1 13 147 0
2020 16.9 16.6 8 100 0
2019 1.5 1.0 9 2 0
2018 1.3 0.8 8 1 0
2017 3.5 1.2 11 16 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · AR · Waldron

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 11 employers in Waldron, AR · 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 Lupo's Federal Plant 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Forest Par-Fry Plant 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Holland Plant 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prestage Foods 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Husqvarna Forestry Products N.A. Inc. 759 FTE
STATE-SIZE Saline Memorial Hospital 758 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Arkansas Regional Medical Center 761 FTE
STATE-SIZE AR030 Crossett Paper 763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waldron SNF Operations LLC 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR TYW 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL WALDRON 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR QSI Waldron 50 FTE
NAT-TCR MediLodge of Grand Traverse County 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Downey Ca- 9445 Washburn Rd Downey Ca 90242 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Purl's Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Our Lady of Peace 9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 00482 Zdnulloyd Ctr Tower 759 FTE
NAT-SIZE GROB Systems, Incorporated 759 FTE
NAT-SIZE AN Altavista 759 FTE
NAT-SIZE MN Pollution Control Agency 759 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, 2018, 2017. 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.