Poultry Hatcheries · Georgia

Hatchery (Quitman)

Name: Hatchery (Quitman) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Quitman, GA · ~112 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hatchery (Quitman) runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade C.

Hatchery (Quitman): 4.5 TCR = 99% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hatchery (Quitman) safety composite

Hatchery (Quitman) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−3.1

2020→2023

Hatchery (Quitman) injury rate improved

Hatchery (Quitman)'s TCR fell 3.1 from 6.1 in 2020 to 2.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.1 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Quitman, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 99% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #13/26
PHOTO Sanderson Farms Hazl…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sanderson Farms Hazlehurst Hatchery (0.1 TCR gap)

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Dalton Hatcher

4.6
This site

4.5
Moyer's Chicks

4.5
Sanderson Farm

4.4
Barron Hatcher

4.4

What this shows Hatchery (Quitman) averages 4.5 TCR (99% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).

Hatchery (Quitman) TCR series: 2020=6.1 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=2.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Hatchery (Quitman) falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 26 Poultry Hatcheries employers in Georgia.

Hatchery (Quitman) (112 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Hatchery (Quitman) has more 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
2023	2.9	2.9	4	0
2022	6.4	4.8	6	2
2021	2.5	1.7	2	1
2020	6.1	5.2	5	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · GA · Quitman

197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 14 employers in Quitman, GA · 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	Sanderson Farms Hazlehurst Hatchery	HAZLEHURST, MS	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Moyer's Chicks, Inc.	QUAKERTOWN, PA	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Barron Hatchery	BARRON, WI	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dalton Hatchery	DALTON, GA	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Flournoy Construction Group	COLUMBUS	112 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paving/ Excavation	CARTERSVILLE	112 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Berkel Piling Atlanta	AUSTELL	112 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Astra Group, LLC	WOODSTOCK	112 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Presbyterian Home & Retirement Community	Quitman	256 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Presbyterian Home, Quitman	Quitman	225 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Quitman Plant	Quitman	208 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Langboard, Inc.	Quitman	141 FTE
NAT-TCR	Siedhoff Distributing Co.	Union, MO	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	New Boston	New Boston, MI	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eastern Metal Supply	West Palm Beach, FL	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rydell Auto Outlet & Garage	Saint Paul, MN	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	DeWitt & Associates, Inc.	Springfield, MO	112 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AZZ Galvanizing - Arizona	Goodyear, AR	112 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sun Valley Rice, LLC	Arbuckle, CA	112 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Renaissance Cleveland Hotel	Cleveland, OH	112 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.