Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing · Mississippi

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst

Name: DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst Workplace Safety Data
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Hazlehurst, MS · ~323 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing workplace, earning a grade D.

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst: 4.2 TCR = 127% of Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst safety composite

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−0.4

2018→2021

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst injury rate improved

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.8 in 2018 to 4.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.8 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Hazlehurst, MS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 127% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #30/41
PHOTO Diestel Turkey Ranch
BOOK 4y book
INJ 48 inj
SIZE ~323 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Diestel Turkey Ranch (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.2
Diestel Turkey

4.2
Arkansas Plant

4.2
Sanderson Farm

4.2
West Liberty F

4.2

What this shows DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst averages 4.2 TCR (127% of the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS benchmark).

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst TCR series: 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst falls in its industry

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 41 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, employers in Mississippi.

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst (323 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

DG Foods, LLC Hazlehurst has fewer employees than the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, fr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021	4.4	2.8	14	0
2020	2.9	2.5	7	0
2019	4.7	3.4	12	2
2018	4.8	2.2	15	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MS · Hazlehurst

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 16 employers in Hazlehurst, MS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Diestel Turkey Ranch	SONORA, CA	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Arkansas Plant 1	FORT SMITH, AR	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sanderson Farms Hazlehurst Processing	HAZLEHURST, MS	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	West Liberty Foods	MOUNT PLEASANT, IA	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Geneal Atomics EMS Tuepelo Business Ops	SHANNON	324 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WHSE 02	AMORY	322 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6U - Jackson Division	FLOWOOD	324 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hearthside Food Solutions	BYHALIA	321 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DG Foods Hazelhurst	Hazlehurst	373 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DG Foods	Hazlehurst	326 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 954	Hazlehurst	242 FTE
CITY-NEAR	954	Hazlehurst	215 FTE
NAT-TCR	Laredo 1	Laredo 1, TX	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Entergy Hammond	Hammond, LA	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	St. John	St. John, IN	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Traverse City	Kingsley, MI	4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Startkleen Legacy, LLC	Gunter, TX	323 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mission-Critical Technologies	Annapolis, MD	323 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Presrite Corporation	Cleveland, OH	323 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Acuity Brands Lighting Decatur	Decatur, GA	323 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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