Chicken hatcheries · Delaware

Millsboro Hatchery

Millsboro, DE · ~30 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Millsboro Hatchery runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chicken hatcheries workplace, earning a grade D.

Millsboro Hatchery: 6.2 TCR = 137% of Chicken hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Millsboro Hatchery safety composite

Millsboro Hatchery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Millsboro Hatchery: 4.6 → 9.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 9.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2024

Millsboro Hatchery's TCR rose 5.1 from 4.6 in 2016 to 9.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Millsboro, DE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 137% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK P26
  • PHOTO Alabama GP Cleanout …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alabama GP Cleanout Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Millsboro Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Millsboro Hatchery averages 6.2 TCR (137% of the Chicken hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Millsboro Hatchery TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=8.5 · 2018=9.2 · 2019=8 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=9.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Millsboro Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Chicken hatcheries establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Millsboro Hatchery (30 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 Millsboro Hatchery
Millsboro Hatchery (30 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Millsboro Hatchery has fewer employees than the Chicken 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 9.7 6.5 3 0 0
2023 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2020 9.9 0.0 1 3 0
2019 8.0 2.6 3 0 0
2018 9.2 6.1 3 0 0
2017 8.5 8.5 3 0 0
2016 4.6 2.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · DE · Millsboro

197 Chicken hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 53 employers in Millsboro, DE · 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 Alabama GP Cleanout Department 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Temperanceville Hatchery 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Laurel Hatchery 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbia Care Delaware LLC.-Milford 1 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delmarva North 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Laurel Growout Office 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE ESG, Inc 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Millsboro Processing 2,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allen Harim LLC 1,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEL0000021 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - MILLSBORO 1,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pinnacle Plant /Allen Harim LLC 397 FTE
NAT-TCR Gutchess Hardwoods Incorporated 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PP3 - Cleveland 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NA-US-NY-Bethpage-Grumman Road 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Coastal Flange, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 102148 - Tam - Main Store 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Urban Loop 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fort Hill 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Falso Industries Inc 30 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, 2016. 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.