Industry profile · NAICS 424440

Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers

Workplace injury rates across 49 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 46 establishments with a credible rate.

49
Employers
6.0
Avg TCR (rated)
2.2
BLS benchmark
1,041
Injuries (all)

TCR, interpreted

Far above average

6.0 avg TCR

The industry picture

The 46 rated employers in Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers average 6.0 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.7 times the BLS national benchmark of 2.2.

6.0
avg TCR · rated subset
2.2
BLS national benchmark
46
rated employers
1,041
recordable injuries (all)

ITA inventory (49) and injury totals cover every reporting establishment; the average TCR is the rated subset only. Corpus rank matches /rankings/most-dangerous-industries (≥100 rated employers). BLS IIF is a separate survey population, see Methodology → Three Populations.

What Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers Safety Data Reveals

The Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers sector (NAICS 424440) encompasses 49 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 1,041 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window. The industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.0 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year is computed on the 46 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology). 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 2.2 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 6.0 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 Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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EmployerLocationGradeAvg TCR
Kelly's Foods ConceptsForest Park, GAF20.7
Kelly's Logistics Inc.Tampa, FLF19.5
Plymouth - AuburnAuburn, WAF14.3
Happy Hen CorpUrbancrest, OHF11.9
Plainville Farms Processing PlantNew Oxford, PAF10.9
Rogers PoultryLos Angeles, CAF10.5
MB Consultants LTDSouth Fallsburg, NYF8.7
Pete and Gerry's Organics MonroeMonroe, NHF8.6
Southeast PoultyRogers, ARF8.3
Dudley Poultry Company Inc.Middlesex, NYF8.0
Kelly's FoodsWinter Garden, FLF7.9
TurnerTurner, MEF7.6
Kelly's Logistics Winter GardenWinter Garden, FLF7.5
R.W. Zant - CommodityLos Angeles, CAF7.3
Spectrum Foods, Inc.Landover, MDF7.1
Hillandale Farms Conn. LLCTurner, MEF6.8
Gemstone Foods Plant 2-01Decatur, ALF6.7
BuffumMonroe, NHF6.6
Pete and Gerry's Organics GreencastleGreencastle, PAF6.4
Sherwood Foods- MarkhamMarkham, ILF6.1
C.B. Nichols Egg Ranch.Inc. DBA Chino Valley ranchersColton, CAF5.7
Gingrich Animal Supply, Inc.Fredericksburg, PAF5.6
Nealey Foods IncChicago, ILF5.4
Sherwood Foods-DetroitDetroit, MIF5.3
Los Angeles Poultry Co IncLos Angeles, CAF5.3
Egg Central StationSpringfield, MOF5.3
Kelly's Foods Transportation- GeorgiaForest Park, GAF4.7
Plainville Farms Distribution CenterNew Oxford, PAD4.2
Twin Valley Farms Exchange, Inc.Hegins, PAD3.9
Pete and Gerry's Organics GAGainesville, GAD3.6
McAfee Packing Co., IncWrightsville, GAD3.4
Mid-States Specialty Eggs of MiddleburyMiddlebury, IND3.4
Prime Source FoodsLondonderry, NHD3.4
Kelly's Foods Winter GardenWinter Garden, FLD3.2
Triple J FarmsSonora, CAD3.0
Mar-Jac Poultry Distribution CenterBirmingham, ALD2.9
Pete and Gerry's Organics ARSummers, ARD2.9
Gemstone Foods Plant 2 - 01Decatur, ALD2.8
Gemstone Foods Plant 1 - 02Decatur, ALC1.9
Sea Breeze Food Service, INCJacksonville, FLC1.9
Farbest FarmsJasper, INB1.7
Kelly's Foods Concepts - GeorgiaForest Park, GAB1.4
Pierce Egg CompanyColton, CAB1.1
The RoostAustin, TXA0.6
Hain Pure Protein Distribution CenterNew Oxford, PAA0.3
Mid-States Specialty Eggs, BerryvilleBerryville, ARA0.3
Mid-States Specialty Eggs, SmithtonSmithton, MOC0.0
Pete and Gerry's Organic SalemSalem, NHC0.0
Critchfield Meats, IncLexington, KYC0.0

Nationwide industries with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers: nearest NAICS cohorts by rated-subset average TCR and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-industry neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers?

Across 46 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers averages 6.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 2.2.

How does Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers compare with other industries nationally?

Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers has fewer than 100 rated employers, below the case-volume floor for the national industry ranking.

How many employers report in Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers?

49 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 46 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.

Data sourced from official public datasets, PlainSafetyScore's OSHA ITA / BLS-based industry database (2016-2024). Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore. See our methodology for details.

Working in Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers?

This sector averages 6.0 against a BLS benchmark of 2.2 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

Sector figures use the credible-subset mean across reporting employers; a benchmark is not any single establishment's measured rate.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.

Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers Safety FAQ

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers?

Across 46 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers averages 6.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 2.2.

How does Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers compare with other industries nationally?

Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers has fewer than 100 rated employers, below the case-volume floor for the national industry ranking.

How many employers report in Poultry, live and dressed, merchant wholesalers?

49 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 46 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.