Poultry Hatcheries · Kentucky

Franklin Hatchery

Franklin, KY · ~28 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Franklin Hatchery runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade B.

Franklin Hatchery: 2.7 TCR = 60% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Franklin Hatchery safety composite

Franklin 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 2.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Franklin Hatchery held a steady TCR band

Franklin Hatchery's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Franklin, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P71
  • PHOTO Pilgrim's Pride Comm…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pilgrim's Pride Commerce Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Franklin Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Franklin Hatchery averages 2.7 TCR (60% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Franklin Hatchery TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Franklin Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Franklin Hatchery (28 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 Franklin Hatchery
Franklin Hatchery (28 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Franklin 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.7 4.7 0 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 8.6 8.6 0 2 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · KY · Franklin

197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 62 employers in Franklin, KY · 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 Pilgrim's Pride Commerce Hatchery 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Matterns Hatchery 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winesburg Hatchery 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Appharvest Berea Farm LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brandywine Explosives & Supply Inc. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE LGE-KU - Danville 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE BIG SANDY RECC OPERATIONS CENTER 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0499 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin Precision Industry, Inc. 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global Franklin KY 549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global Group 504 FTE
NAT-TCR Kingsford Manufacturing 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Health Center of Branch County 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 093 - Ogden Ut 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Camp Eden Wood 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Strong Company, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Punta Gorda 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Madden Lighthouse 28 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, 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.