Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses
NAICS 311612
Workplace safety data for employers in this industry
What Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses Safety Data Reveals
The Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses sector (NAICS 311612) encompasses 627 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 27,200 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 20.1 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 20.1 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 Meats, fresh or chilled (except poultry and small game), frozen, made from purchased carcasses 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 9 of 13)
| Employer | Location | Avg TCR | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenosha Beef INT' LTD | KENOSHA, WI | 3.3 | C |
| Eddy CarolinaPride LLC | GREENWOOD, SC | 3.3 | C |
| Lloyd's BBQ Company | MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN | 3.3 | C |
| Rancho Cucamonga Fulton Street | RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA | 3.3 | C |
| Yoakum Packing Co | YOAKUM, TX | 3.3 | C |
| Michael's Finer Meats and Seafood, LLC | COLUMBUS, OH | 3.3 | C |
| John Soules Foods, Tyler | TYLER, TX | 3.3 | C |
| TRENTON MO | TRENTON, MO | 3.3 | C |
| Columbia Plant | COLUMBIA, SC | 3.3 | C |
| Cher-Make Sausage Co | MANITOWOC, WI | 3.2 | C |
| Cargill Protein Butler | BUTLER, WI | 3.2 | C |
| Omaha Steaks Snyder | SNYDER, NE | 3.2 | C |
| Buckheadmeat and Seafood of Houston | HOUSTON, TX | 3.2 | C |
| DL LEE SONS LLC | ALMA, GA | 3.2 | C |
| Wabash Seafood | CHICAGO, IL | 3.2 | C |
| Sugar Creek Packing Co. CCI | CAMBRIDGE CITY, IN | 3.2 | C |
| Frontenac, KS | FRONTENAC, KS | 3.2 | C |
| Columbus Craft Meats - San Antonio | HAYWARD, CA | 3.2 | C |
| CCK t/a Juniata Packing Company | TYRONE, PA | 3.2 | C |
| Indy Deli Provisions | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | 3.1 | C |
| Alma Foods LLC | ALMA, KS | 3.1 | C |
| EW Grobbel | DETROIT, MI | 3.1 | C |
| Dold Foods | WICHITA, KS | 3.1 | C |
| Quality Pork International, Inc. | OMAHA, NE | 3.1 | C |
| Amylu Foods LLC, | CHICAGO, IL | 3.1 | C |
| Smithfield Foods | KANSAS CITY, MO | 3.0 | C |
| Smithfield Foods | ST. JAMES, MN | 3.0 | C |
| Fresh Sausage Specialists | HARRISON, OH | 3.0 | C |
| Colorado Premium | DENVER, CO | 3.0 | C |
| Plant | MANCHESTER, NH | 3.0 | C |
| Armour | FT MADISON, IA | 3.0 | C |
| Sadler's Smokehouse | HENDERSON, TX | 3.0 | C |
| Quaker Maid Meats, Inc | READING, PA | 2.9 | C |
| Smithfield-Grayson | GRAYSON, KY | 2.9 | C |
| Smithfield Foods Springfield MA | SPRINGFIELD, MA | 2.9 | C |
| Cargill Beef | MILWAUKEE, WI | 2.9 | C |
| Swift Prepared Foods Elkhart | ELKHART, IN | 2.9 | C |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp | LINCOLN, NE | 2.9 | C |
| US05 Mankato Links Snacks Inc. | MANKATO, MN | 2.9 | C |
| Hormel Foods | KNOXVILLE, IA | 2.9 | C |
| Buckhead Meat San Antonio | SAN ANTONIO, TX | 2.9 | C |
| Oberto Snacks Inc. | KENT, WA | 2.9 | C |
| Dole and Bailey | WOBURN, MA | 2.9 | C |
| Husks Unlimited | SAN DIEGO, CA | 2.9 | C |
| Junction City Packaging | JUNCTION CITY, KS | 2.9 | C |
| Smithfield | SMITHFIELD, VA | 2.9 | C |
| Hormel Foods Corporation | BELOIT, WI | 2.9 | C |
| OSI Group, LLC Rose Packing | CHICAGO, IL | 2.9 | C |
| Bridgford Foods Processing Corporation | CHICAGO, IL | 2.8 | C |
| Salm Partners | DENMARK, WI | 2.8 | C |
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.