Poultry Hatcheries · Georgia

Dahlonega Hatchery

Dahlonega, GA · ~32 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dahlonega Hatchery runs at 270% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade F.

Dahlonega Hatchery: 12.2 TCR = 270% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dahlonega Hatchery safety composite

Dahlonega Hatchery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Dahlonega Hatchery: 3.1 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 26.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2024

Dahlonega Hatchery's TCR rose 1.0 from 3.1 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 26.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Dahlonega, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 270% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #26/26
  • PHOTO Hays Hatchery
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hays Hatchery (0.5 TCR gap)

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Dahlonega Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dahlonega Hatchery averages 12.2 TCR (270% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Dahlonega Hatchery TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=3 · 2020=26.1 · 2021=18 · 2022=20.5 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Dahlonega Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 26 Poultry Hatcheries employers in Georgia.

Dahlonega Hatchery (32 employees, TCR 12.2) 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 Dahlonega Hatchery
Dahlonega Hatchery (32 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Dahlonega Hatchery has fewer employees than the Poultry Hatcheries median and a higher 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 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2023 13.3 8.9 3 0 0
2022 20.5 14.7 3 4 0
2021 18.0 18.0 1 6 0
2020 26.1 23.1 4 5 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 9.1 6.0 3 0 0
2017 3.1 3.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · GA · Dahlonega

197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 28 employers in Dahlonega, GA · 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 Hays Hatchery 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR OA Facility Maintenance Shop 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Moyer's Hatchery 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lavonia Hatchery 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE GQF Manufacturing Co. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Central Georgia Gin Co. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Environmental Lab 2480 Maner Road SE 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2513 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2513 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koyo Bearings North America - Dahlonega Plant 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-500089300 190 FTE
NAT-TCR Galaxy 1 Marketing, Inc. - Pittsfield 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ulbrich Shaped Wire Inc. 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR TXD036 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AM Construction Services, Inc. 12.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Craig Feed Mill 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Breinholt Contracting Co., Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Head 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ridgeland 32 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.