Chicken hatcheries · Mississippi

Morton Hatchery

Morton, MS · ~38 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Morton Hatchery runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chicken hatcheries workplace, earning a grade B.

Morton Hatchery: 3.4 TCR = 75% of Chicken hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Morton Hatchery safety composite

Morton 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.4

2018→2023

Morton Hatchery injury rate improved

Morton Hatchery's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.4 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Morton, MS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/20
  • PHOTO Hatchery 1
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hatchery 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Morton Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Morton Hatchery averages 3.4 TCR (75% of the Chicken hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Morton Hatchery TCR series: 2018=4.4 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Morton Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Chicken hatcheries establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 20 Chicken hatcheries employers in Mississippi.

Morton Hatchery (38 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Morton Hatchery
Morton Hatchery (38 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Morton Hatchery has fewer employees than the Chicken 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.2 5.2 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 8.8 8.8 4 0 0
2019 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2018 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · MS · Morton

197 Chicken hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 12 employers in Morton, MS · 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 Hatchery 1 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peco Foods Inc.- Sebastopol Hatchery 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Albertville Hatchery 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Brazos Hatchery 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Entergy Baxter Wilson Plant 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southaven Network 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at Sabic Bay St. Louis 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Blain Companies - Natchez 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morton Processing Plant 1,016 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods Prepared Plant 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods (Further Processing) Plant 719 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods 489 FTE
NAT-TCR Union Mission, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Stonegate Surgery Center, LP 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fusion Imaging 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Refresco - Carlisle 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fkci Ladwo Rsc7 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE APL Logistics WMS, Inc - Stockton, CA 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morgan County Rural Electric Association 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bloom at Bossier 38 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, 2019, 2018. 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.