Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing
NAICS 311111
Workplace safety data for employers in this industry
What Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing Safety Data Reveals
The Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing sector (NAICS 311111) encompasses 304 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 5,502 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.3 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 3.9 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 4.3 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 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.
Employers by Safety Rate (Page 5 of 7)
| Employer | Location | Avg TCR | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| RC-NSC | N. SIOUX CITY, SD | 2.4 | B |
| RCR | ROLLA, MO | 2.3 | B |
| Merrick Petcare | HEREFORD, TX | 2.3 | B |
| J.M. Smucker Decatur | DECATUR, AL | 2.3 | B |
| PCB - Perfection Pet Foods Biscuit | VISALIA, CA | 2.3 | B |
| TDBBS LLC | RICHMOND, VA | 2.3 | B |
| Diamond Pet Food Processors of South Carolina | GASTON, SC | 2.3 | B |
| Alphia-Pawnee | PAWNEE CITY, NE | 2.3 | B |
| Flint River Mills- Truck Department | BAINBRIDGE, GA | 2.3 | B |
| Quincy Crosswind | QUINCY, IL | 2.3 | B |
| LEB | LEBANON, TN | 2.3 | B |
| J.M. Smucker Co. | LAWRENCE, KS | 2.3 | B |
| Main Plant | VISALIA, CA | 2.2 | B |
| Hill's Pet Nutrition Indiana Inc. | RICHMOND, IN | 2.2 | B |
| OHL | LEIPSIC, OH | 2.2 | B |
| Nestle Purina Petcare Company | FORT DODGE, IA | 2.2 | B |
| SBE | SAN BERNADINO, CA | 2.2 | B |
| Targeted Pet Treats, LLC | WARREN, PA | 2.1 | B |
| Nunn Milling Company, Inc. | EVANSVILLE, IN | 2.1 | B |
| Naturally Recycled Proteins, LLC | WAKEFIELD, NE | 2.1 | B |
| Nestle Purina PetCare Denver | DENVER, CO | 2.1 | B |
| Nestle Purina PetCare Co. | ZANESVILLE, OH | 2.0 | B |
| Stella & Chewy's Oak Creek, WI | OAK CREEK, WI | 2.0 | B |
| Carnivore Meat Company - Yeager | GREEN BAY, WI | 2.0 | B |
| Red Collar Pet Foods | CLINTON, OK | 2.0 | B |
| Hill's Topeka Mfg | TOPEKA, KS | 2.0 | B |
| Cargill Pro-pet St. Mary | ST MARYS, OH | 1.9 | A |
| Hill's Pet Nutrition | CLINTON, OK | 1.9 | A |
| Merrick Pet Care | ST. LOUIS, IL | 1.9 | A |
| Nestle Purina PetCare Company | EDMOND, OK | 1.8 | A |
| TDBBS LLC | HENRICO, VA | 1.8 | A |
| Champion Pet Foods | AUBURN, KY | 1.8 | A |
| KKM | MATTOON, IL | 1.8 | A |
| Nestle Purina Pet Care | DUNKIRK, NY | 1.7 | A |
| Cargill Owatonna | OWATONNA, MN | 1.7 | A |
| Symrise - Mondovi | MONDOVI, WI | 1.7 | A |
| Renaissance Nutrition Inc. | ROARING SPRING,, PA | 1.7 | A |
| Nestle Purina Petcare Co. | MIAMI, OK | 1.6 | A |
| 56th | LINCOLN, NE | 1.6 | A |
| IsoNova Technologies LLC - Verona | VERONA, MO | 1.6 | A |
| Schulenburg TX | SCHULENBURG, TX | 1.6 | A |
| BHJ - Hartwell | HARTWELL, GA | 1.6 | A |
| TXT | TEMPLE, TX | 1.6 | A |
| 221-PL001 | SPRINGFIELD, TN | 1.6 | A |
| Saturn Petcare Inc. | TERRE HAUTE, IN | 1.6 | A |
| Heartland Petfood Manufacturing Indiana, LLC | RICHMOND, IN | 1.5 | A |
| Cargill/Pro Pet LLC | SAINT MARYS, OH | 1.5 | A |
| Buffalo Milk-Bone | BUFFALO, NY | 1.5 | A |
| South Mill | FORT RECOVERY, OH | 1.5 | A |
| Diamond Pet Foods | META, MO | 1.5 | A |
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.