Poultry Hatcheries · Georgia

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery

Adel, GA · ~58 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade B.

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery: 2.9 TCR = 64% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery safety composite

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−1.6

2016→2024

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery injury rate improved

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery's TCR fell 1.6 from 7.5 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Adel, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 64% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #8/26
  • PHOTO Hatchery
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery averages 2.9 TCR (64% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=4 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 26 Poultry Hatcheries employers in Georgia.

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery (58 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery
Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery (58 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery has more employees than the Poultry 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
2024 5.9 2.0 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.3 3.3 2 0 0
2019 4.0 1.3 3 0 0
2018 3.6 3.6 2 0 0
2017 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2016 7.5 7.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · GA · Adel

197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 24 employers in Adel, GA · 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 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hoover's Hatchery 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Hazlehurst Production 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chick Hatchery 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Valdosta Operating/Fleet - 200 Miller Street Valdosta 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Rivers Energy an Electric Membership Corporation, Inc. 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gainesville District Jackson EMC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rockdale Project 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7194 237 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southwell Medical Center 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR 7194 209 FTE
CITY-NEAR JM EAGLE 116 FTE
NAT-TCR CLARO / PRT - Centro Operaciones Guaynabo Esmeralda 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Guilford County - Register of Deeds 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #0224 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR ITW FEG Traulsen Kairak 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holland Health Center 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southpark #861 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE T&T Electric Co., Inc. 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carlie C's IGA #845 58 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.