Poultry Hatcheries · Mississippi

Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery

Collins, MS · ~63 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade B.

Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery: 2.6 TCR = 58% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery safety composite

Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−5.5

2016→2024

Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery injury rate improved

Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery's TCR fell 5.5 from 7.1 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 58% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #7/20
  • PHOTO Sanderson Farms Pale…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery averages 2.6 TCR (58% 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 Collins Hatchery TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #7 safest of 20 Poultry Hatcheries employers in Mississippi.

Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery (63 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Collins Hatchery
Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery (63 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Sanderson Farms Collins 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 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2023 4.6 3.1 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.2 3.5 2 1 0
2018 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2016 7.1 1.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · MS · Collins

197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 14 employers in Collins, 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 Palestine Hatchery 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Danville Hatchery 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winesburg Hatchery 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pilgrim's Pride Commerce Hatchery 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Live Operations 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2358-Hollandale, MS (Monsanto Co.) 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chris Albritton Construction Company, Inc. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE 300 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanderson Farms Collins Processing 1,209 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warren, Inc. 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Landmark of Collins 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rutland Lumber Yard 76 FTE
NAT-TCR Guidemark Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Standard Meat Company-Saginaw 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CMH Home Medical Equipment 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR EMCOR Services Team Mechanical 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sanderson Farms Brazos Hatchery 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Good Samaritan Society Corsica 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Neenah Technical Materials AP2 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Myrtle Beach Travel Park 63 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.