Poultry Processing · North Carolina

Wilkesboro Fresh Plant

Wilkesboro, NC · ~2,164 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wilkesboro Fresh Plant runs at 308% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade F.

Wilkesboro Fresh Plant: 10.2 TCR = 308% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wilkesboro Fresh Plant safety composite

Wilkesboro Fresh Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 17% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

F

9/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 2% 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

−0.9

2017→2023

Wilkesboro Fresh Plant injury rate improved

Wilkesboro Fresh Plant's TCR fell 0.9 from 8.8 in 2017 to 8.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.8 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=11.2 · 2021=12.7 · 2022=14.8 · 2023=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Wilkesboro, NC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 10.2 · 308% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #30/32
  • PHOTO New Holland F/P Plant
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 764 inj
  • SIZE ~2,164 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New Holland F/P Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wilkesboro Fresh Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wilkesboro Fresh Plant averages 10.2 TCR (308% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Wilkesboro Fresh Plant TCR series: 2017=8.8 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=11.2 · 2021=12.7 · 2022=14.8 · 2023=8 · BLS 3.3

Where Wilkesboro Fresh Plant falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 32 Poultry Processing employers in North Carolina.

Wilkesboro Fresh Plant (2,164 employees, TCR 10.2) 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Wilkesboro Fresh Plant
Wilkesboro Fresh Plant (2,164 employees, TCR 10.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Wilkesboro Fresh 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
2023 8.0 3.6 74 81 0
2022 14.8 13.0 113 195 0
2021 12.7 12.0 76 175 0
2020 11.2 9.4 104 125 2
2019 8.4 6.4 138 63 0
2018 7.2 6.2 116 61 0
2017 8.8 7.0 143 92 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · NC · Wilkesboro

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 43 employers in Wilkesboro, NC · 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 New Holland F/P Plant 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gadsden Plant 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glen Allen Plant 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amick Farms, LLC MS Processing Plant 10.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Duke Regional Hospital 2,209 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Fayetteville 2,118 FTE
STATE-SIZE County of Cumberland 2,104 FTE
STATE-SIZE CarolinaEast Medical Center, CEP Medicine and Rehabilitation 2,093 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilkesboro Food Service Plant 312 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1290 308 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1290 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Westwood Hills Nursing & Rehab 300 FTE
NAT-TCR Home Comfort Experts 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Oxnard Healthcare & Wellness Centre 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Protecto Wrap Delaware Plant 10.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Nddev - Devil'S Lake 10.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hospital Auxilio Mutuo 2,164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Land O'Lakes - Arden Hills Corporate Offices 2,164 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5000 - Corporate 2,165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rush Copley Medical Center, Inc. 2,163 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: 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.