Chicken hatcheries · North Carolina

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery

Morganton, NC · ~48 workers · 6 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

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chicken hatcheries workplace, earning a grade B.

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery: 2.8 TCR = 61% of Chicken hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery safety composite

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.9

2017→2024

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery injury rate improved

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery's TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.9 · 2018=7.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/14
  • PHOTO Butterball Hatchery …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Butterball Hatchery # 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Case Farms Morganton Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Case Farms Morganton Hatchery averages 2.8 TCR (61% of the Chicken hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=7.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Case Farms Morganton Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Chicken 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 #5 safest of 14 Chicken hatcheries employers in North Carolina.

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery (48 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 Case Farms Morganton Hatchery
Case Farms Morganton Hatchery (48 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Case Farms Morganton Hatchery has more employees than the Chicken 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.2 5.2 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.4 3.7 3 1 0
2017 3.9 3.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · NC · Morganton

197 Chicken hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 106 employers in Morganton, 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 Butterball Hatchery # 1 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 Jones Family Farms 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bryan Wagoner Tree Farm LLC 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Statesville Breeder Operation 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harris Energy and Environmental Center 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEX-BLUE RIDGE HOSPITAL 3,263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc. 1,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0090-BRHC Hospitals 1,460 FTE
CITY-NEAR Broughton Hospital 1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR EFP, LLC - Elkhart 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Gateway Healthcare, Inc 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Keystone Solid Surfaces, LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Transmission and Distribution Services 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Foremost Farms USA (Sparta, WI) 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE JBN 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cabinet Restylers, Inc. 48 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.