Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing · Iowa
West Liberty Foods, LLC
West Liberty, IA · ~835 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Liberty Foods, LLC runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing workplace, earning a grade D.
West Liberty Foods, LLC: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
West Liberty Foods, LLC safety composite
West Liberty Foods, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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%).
West Liberty Foods, LLC held a steady TCR band
West Liberty Foods, LLC's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.1 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.1 · 2017=4.2 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=4.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311615 · West Liberty, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #3/5
- PHOTO Sanderson Farms McCo…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 264 inj
- SIZE ~835 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sanderson Farms McComb Processing (0.0 TCR gap)
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West Liberty Foods, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
West Liberty Foods, LLC
4.9 TCR
- Sanderson Farm
Sanderson Farms McComb Processing
4.9 TCR
- Sanderson Farm
Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing
4.9 TCR
- 8307_18994
8307_18994
4.9 TCR
- Cumming Plant
Cumming Plant
4.8 TCR
What this shows West Liberty Foods, LLC averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS benchmark).
West Liberty Foods, LLC TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=4.2 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3
Where West Liberty Foods, LLC falls in its industry
509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Poultry slaughtering, dressing employers in Iowa.
West Liberty Foods, LLC has more employees than the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and pack 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 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 40 | 22 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 46 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 39 | 26 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 39 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 36 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311615 · IA · West Liberty
509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 7 employers in West Liberty, IA · 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 | Sanderson Farms McComb Processing | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cumming Plant | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 8307_18994 | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital | 835 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pella Regional Health Center | 828 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Unity Point Finley Hospital | 826 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BAE Systems Electronic Systems CIA03 | 824 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FLORILLI TRANSPORTATION LLC | 89 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Simpson Memorial Home | 82 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI - 0034 West Liberty Foods LLC | 59 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | All American Concrete, Inc. | 43 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Vista 1 | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Banks Hardwoods Inc | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maguire Iron | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Diversified Manufacturing Acquisition, Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Seed to Table | 835 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | South Oaks Hospital | 835 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Medtronic Danvers | 835 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Terumo Medical Corporation | 835 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.