Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food)

NAICS 311615

Workplace safety data for employers in this industry

Employers
498
Avg TCR (this industry)
4.8
BLS Benchmark
3.3
national average
Total Injuries
38,248

What Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) Safety Data Reveals

The Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) sector (NAICS 311615) encompasses 498 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 38,248 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.8 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 3.3 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 4.8 is higher than the BLS benchmark — a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers — not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

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Employers by Safety Rate (Page 6 of 11)

Employer Location Avg TCR Grade
FreeBird - East Facility FREDERICKSBURG, PA 3.6 C
Dallas USA Foods DALLAS, TX 3.6 C
Temperanceville Plant TEMPERANCEVILLE, VA 3.5 C
Pendergrass processing plant PENDERGRASS, GA 3.5 C
Pine Bluff Jeff Pkwy Plant PINE BLUFF, AR 3.5 C
Faribault Plant FARIBAULT, MN 3.5 C
Arkansas Reed Lane Plant FORT SMITH, AR 3.5 C
PETALUMA LIVE PLTRY PROC-PET2 PETALUMA, CA 3.4 C
House of Raeford Farms, Inc. TEACHEY, NC 3.4 C
Melrose Plant MELROSE, MN 3.4 C
KOch Foods Ashland ASHLAND, AL 3.4 C
PILGRIMS MT PLEASANT WEST PLANT MT. PLEASANT, TX 3.4 C
CP-Carrollton, GA CARROLLTON, GA 3.3 C
Harrison Poultry Plant BETHLEHEM, GA 3.3 C
Dobson processing plant DOBSON, NC 3.3 C
Pilgrims Russellville Complex RUSSELLVILLE, AL 3.3 C
George's Edinburg Processing Plant EDINBURG, VA 3.3 C
House of Raeford, Wallace Division TEACHEY, NC 3.3 C
Koch Foods Gadsden Plant GADSDEN, AL 3.3 C
Harrisonburg Processing HARRISONBURG, VA 3.2 C
Pilgrims Prepared Foods MOOREFIELD, WV 3.2 C
Sanderson Farms Palestine Processing PALESTINE, TX 3.2 C
George's Springdale Processing Plant SPRINGDALE, AR 3.2 C
Pilgrims Moorefield Feed Mill MOOREFIELD, WV 3.2 C
EAST PLANT MT PLEASANT, TX 3.2 C
Barron Plant BARRON, WI 3.2 C
Golden Rod Boilers CULLMAN, AL 3.2 C
Gainesville Plant GAINESVILLE, GA 3.1 C
Belgravia Processing FRESNO, CA 3.1 C
PILGRIMS MT PLEASANT PREPARED FOODS MT. PLEASANT, TX 3.1 C
Koch Foods of Chattanooga CHATTANOOGA, TN 3.1 C
Cook Plant MOSELLE, MS 3.1 C
SWC PROCESSING SOUTHWEST CITY, MO 3.1 C
Primary Poultry - Springdale AR Plant SPRINGDALE, AR 3.0 C
Further Processing Plant GAINESVILLE, GA 3.0 C
Peco Foods Inc Feather Lane CANTON, MS 3.0 C
Butterball LLC JONESBORO, AR 3.0 C
Dothan Plant DOTHAN, AL 3.0 C
Pilgrim's Poultry Processing GUNTERSVILLE, AL 3.0 C
Chattanooga Processing Plant CHATTANOOGA, TN 3.0 C
Primary Poultry- Waco TX Plant WACO, TX 3.0 C
Century Packing Corp LAS PIEDRAS, PR 3.0 C
Kilcoy Global Foods North America 1301 ALLANSON ROAD, IL 3.0 C
Dobson Plant DOBSON, NC 3.0 C
Danville Plant RINGGOLD, VA 3.0 C
PREPARED FOODS MT PLEASANT, TX 2.9 C
VW Cooked Meats Plant VAN WERT, OH 2.9 C
Pilgrim's ARCADIA, WI 2.9 C
Ambassador Sanitation Management @ Wayne Farms Fresh Plant DECATUR, AL 2.9 C
Processing Plant CANTON, GA 2.9 C
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