Poultry Hatcheries · Alabama

Decatur Fresh Hatchery

Decatur, AL · ~32 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Decatur Fresh Hatchery runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade A.

Decatur Fresh Hatchery: 2.1 TCR = 46% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Decatur Fresh Hatchery safety composite

Decatur Fresh Hatchery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−0.7

2019→2024

Decatur Fresh Hatchery injury rate improved

Decatur Fresh Hatchery's TCR fell 0.7 from 4.0 in 2019 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Decatur, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 46% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #5/23
  • PHOTO Amick Farms, LLC SC …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amick Farms, LLC SC Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Decatur Fresh Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Decatur Fresh Hatchery averages 2.1 TCR (46% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Decatur Fresh Hatchery TCR series: 2019=4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Decatur Fresh Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 23 Poultry Hatcheries employers in Alabama.

Decatur Fresh Hatchery (32 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Decatur Fresh Hatchery
Decatur Fresh Hatchery (32 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Decatur Fresh Hatchery has fewer employees than the Poultry 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 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.0 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · AL · Decatur

197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 239 employers in Decatur, AL · 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 Amick Farms, LLC SC Hatchery 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pageland Hatchery 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hatchery (Pageland) 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henagar Hatchery 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ider Live Operations 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pilgrims Pride - Hatchery 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headland Business Office/Crew Headquarters 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arab Electric Cooperative Incorporated 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain - Decatur 1,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur processing plant 885 FTE
CITY-NEAR ULA-Decatur 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Fresh Plant 671 FTE
NAT-TCR Greenville County Parks and Recreation 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pope Scientific, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Rapiscan Systems Conventional Mfg Facility 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR T & T Trucking, Inc. - Bakersfield Terminal 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Acme-Shorey Precast Company Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oconto Electric Cooperative 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Industries of South Central California-Coffee Rd 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fox Energy 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. 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.