Prepared Food Manufacturing · Mississippi
Sanderson Farms Foods Division
Flowood, MS · ~472 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sanderson Farms Foods Division runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Prepared Food Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Sanderson Farms Foods Division: 3.0 TCR = 72% of Prepared Food Manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sanderson Farms Foods Division safety composite
Sanderson Farms Foods Division scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% 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
−0.4
2016→2024
Sanderson Farms Foods Division injury rate improved
Sanderson Farms Foods Division's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.8 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.8 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=3.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311991 · Flowood, MS AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 72% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO Taylor Farms Illinois
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 91 inj
- SIZE ~472 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Taylor Farms Illinois (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sanderson Farms Foods Division in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sanderson Farms Foods Division
3 TCR
- Taylor Farms I
Taylor Farms Illinois
3 TCR
- Kraft Heinz
Kraft Heinz
3 TCR
- BEF Lima
BEF Lima
2.9 TCR
- Garden Highway
Garden Highway
2.9 TCR
What this shows Sanderson Farms Foods Division averages 3.0 TCR (72% of the Prepared Food Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sanderson Farms Foods Division TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0.4 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 4.1
Where Sanderson Farms Foods Division falls in its industry
376 Prepared Food Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Prepared Food Manufacturing employers in Mississippi.
Sanderson Farms Foods Division has more employees than the Prepared Food Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311991 · MS · Flowood
376 Prepared Food Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 68 employers in Flowood, 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 | Taylor Farms Illinois | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kraft Heinz | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BEF Lima | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Garden Highway | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 5379 | 470 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY | 469 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | La-Z-Boy South | 477 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 418 | 467 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ServiceMaster Cleaning of Jackson, DBA as Warner Inc. | 676 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Southern Electric Corporation of Mississippi | 658 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2755 | 338 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | US Foods Jackson | 335 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Great Falls | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blue Black Square #641 | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Eagle #0230 | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Eagle #0002 | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Richmond | 472 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gildan Yarns, LLC (Plant # 75) | 472 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Argon Medical Devices Inc. | 472 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 029 | 472 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.