Poultry Hatcheries · Mississippi

Newton Hatchery (MLO)

Newton, MS · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Newton Hatchery (MLO) runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade D.

Newton Hatchery (MLO): 6.1 TCR = 136% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newton Hatchery (MLO) safety composite

Newton Hatchery (MLO) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

Newton Hatchery (MLO): 5.5 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 12.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.52× in 2023

Newton Hatchery (MLO)'s TCR rose 0.9 from 5.5 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Newton, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 136% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #18/20
  • PHOTO Sanderson Farms St. …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Newton Hatchery (MLO) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Newton Hatchery (MLO) averages 6.1 TCR (136% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Newton Hatchery (MLO) TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=12.2 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=3 · 2023=6.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Newton Hatchery (MLO) falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #18 safest of 20 Poultry Hatcheries employers in Mississippi.

Newton Hatchery (MLO) (31 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Newton Hatchery (MLO)
Newton Hatchery (MLO) (31 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Newton Hatchery (MLO) has fewer 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 Fatalities
2023 6.4 3.2 2 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2021 6.1 6.1 1 1 0
2020 12.2 9.2 4 0 0
2019 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2018 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2017 5.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · MS · Newton

197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 14 employers in Newton, 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 Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Hatchery (CV) 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alabama GP Cleanout Department 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hatchery (Blairsville A&B) 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brussel's Bonsai Nursery LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mill Creek Gin Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hattiesburg Management Office 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Laurel Service Center 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR LaZBoy 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR La-Z-Boy South 477 FTE
CITY-NEAR ESCO Group LLC, 354 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weir Esco Newton 313 FTE
NAT-TCR Brandywine Cw LLC 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Glen Ellyn 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR National Management Resources Delaware State 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Homeland 169 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bulldog Diving Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE MN - Marshall 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Water Pollution Control 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE NH Med Services LLC 31 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, 2017. 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.