Chicken hatcheries · Minnesota

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries

Name: Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sauk Rapids, MN · ~64 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chicken hatcheries workplace, earning a grade D.

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries: 5.8 TCR = 128% of Chicken hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries safety composite

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−3.5

2023→2024

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries injury rate improved

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries's TCR fell 3.5 from 7.5 in 2023 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.5 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Sauk Rapids, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 128% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #4/5
PHOTO Waldron Hatchery
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waldron Hatchery (0.1 TCR gap)

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PA Location

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Timpson Hatche

5.7
Amick Farms, L

5.6

What this shows Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries averages 5.8 TCR (128% of the Chicken hatcheries BLS benchmark).

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries TCR series: 2023=7.5 · 2024=4 · BLS 4.5

Where Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries falls in its industry

197 Chicken hatcheries establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Chicken hatcheries employers in Minnesota.

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries (64 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Pilgrims Pride Hatcheries has more 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	4.0	1.3	3	0	0
2023	7.5	2.5	1	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · MN · Sauk Rapids

197 Chicken hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 50 employers in Sauk Rapids, MN · 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	Waldron Hatchery	WALDRON, AR	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PA Location	EPHRATA, PA	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Timpson Hatchery	TIMPSON, TX	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Amick Farms, LLC MD Hatchery	HURLOCK, MD	5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative	ALBERT LEA	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin	BLOOMINGTON	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thomas Grace Construction, Inc.	STILLWATER	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CommonBond: Seward Tower East	MINNEAPOLIS	64 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools	Sauk Rapids	779 FTE
CITY-NEAR	J-Berd Mechanical Contractors INC	Sauk Rapids	487 FTE
CITY-NEAR	J-Berd Mechanical	Sauk Rapids	386 FTE
CITY-NEAR	320141 - Various Mobile	Sauk Rapids	306 FTE
NAT-TCR	Anthony Torres Demolition Corp	Pomona, CA	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wieland Thermal Solutions, Inc.	Wheeling, IL	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Threaded Fasteners, Inc. (Tampa 007)	Tampa, FL	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bermuda Village	Bermuda Run, NC	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Embassy Suites Valencia	Valencia, CA	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mid-State Roofing and Coating Inc.	Belleville, PA	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Randolph Electric Membership Corporation	Asheboro, NC	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nieman Plumbing, Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	64 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. 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.