Poultry Processing · Mississippi

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing

Collins, MS · ~1,209 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade C.

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing safety composite

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−1.9

2016→2024

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing injury rate improved

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing's TCR fell 1.9 from 4.5 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Collins, MS ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #23/41
  • PHOTO PECO Foods West Point
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 272 inj
  • SIZE ~1,209 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PECO Foods West Point (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanderson Farms Collins Processing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sanderson Farms Collins Processing averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

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

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Sanderson Farms Collins Processing falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 41 Poultry Processing employers in Mississippi.

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing (1,209 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sanderson Farms Collins Processing
Sanderson Farms Collins Processing (1,209 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sanderson Farms Collins Processing has more employees than the Poultry Processing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.6 1.6 22 8 0
2023 2.6 1.6 23 5 0
2022 5.8 4.9 48 18 0
2021 1.9 1.8 16 4 0
2020 3.0 2.6 26 7 0
2019 3.3 2.5 27 7 0
2018 5.1 4.5 39 9 0
2017 6.3 5.2 43 18 0
2016 4.5 3.9 28 13 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MS · Collins

509 Poultry Processing 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 PECO Foods West Point 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SH Processing Plant 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 2 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peco Foods Inc. (Bay Springs Plant) 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Anderson Regional Medical Center North Campus 1,189 FTE
STATE-SIZE IP Casino Resort Spa 1,235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olive Branch, MS Distribution Center 1,175 FTE
STATE-SIZE Processing Plant 1,173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warren, Inc. 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Landmark of Collins 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rutland Lumber Yard 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ramey's #11 72 FTE
NAT-TCR Modification and Distributil Facility 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mrc the Crossings 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Collinsville Healthcare and Rehabilitation 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Roanoke Gas Company 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center 1,209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Deborah Heart and Lung Center 1,209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - KILN 1,209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital 1,209 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.