Turkey hatcheries · North Carolina

Butterball Hatchery # 1

Raeford, NC · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Butterball Hatchery # 1 runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Turkey hatcheries workplace, earning a grade B.

Butterball Hatchery # 1: 2.8 TCR = 61% of Turkey hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Butterball Hatchery # 1 safety composite

Butterball Hatchery # 1 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Butterball Hatchery # 1 held a steady TCR band

Butterball Hatchery # 1's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.7 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2020=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Raeford, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 61% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #4/14
  • PHOTO Case Farms Morganton…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Case Farms Morganton Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Butterball Hatchery # 1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Butterball Hatchery # 1 averages 2.8 TCR (61% of the Turkey hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Butterball Hatchery # 1 TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2020=2.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Butterball Hatchery # 1 falls in its industry

197 Turkey hatcheries establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Turkey hatcheries employers in North Carolina.

Butterball Hatchery # 1 (36 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 020406080100120 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Butterball Hatchery # 1
Butterball Hatchery # 1 (36 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Butterball Hatchery # 1 has fewer employees than the Turkey hatcheries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2020 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 2.7 2.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · NC · Raeford

197 Turkey hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 30 employers in Raeford, 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 Case Farms Morganton Hatchery 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cedar Hatchery 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Matterns Hatchery 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Franklin Hatchery 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Carolina Farms (CV) 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yadkin 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edgecombe Genco, LLC. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spindale 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Butterball LLC, Raeford 651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Butterball LLC- Raeford, NC 646 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burlington Raeford Plant 382 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raeford 341 FTE
NAT-TCR 0000000143 Quick Chek Food Stores 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Omaha Central OC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Boyer's Food Markets -Elysburg 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trilogy Home Healthcare-West Palm Beach Corporate 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE REN083 Kansas City 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE L & M S. Miami, LLC dba Splitsville 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fort Myers Store S1 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cunnigham-Davis Corp 36 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: 2020, 2016. 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.