Poultry Feed Mill · North Carolina
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill
Kinston, NC · ~70 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Poultry Feed Mill workplace, earning a grade D.
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill: 4.7 TCR = 122% of Poultry Feed Mill BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill safety composite
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 40% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
−1.3
2016→2024
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill injury rate improved
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill's TCR fell 1.3 from 4.8 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.8 · 2017=7.0 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=3.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311119 · Kinston, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 122% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #22/29
- PHOTO Harrold, SD
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 34 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Harrold, SD (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Pharmgate-Omah
Pharmgate-Omaha
4.8 TCR
- Marshville Bak
Marshville Bakery Feeds
4.8 TCR
- This site
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill
4.7 TCR
- Harrold, SD
Harrold, SD
4.7 TCR
- Baconton - All
Baconton - Alltech Inc.
4.7 TCR
What this shows Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill averages 4.7 TCR (122% of the Poultry Feed Mill BLS benchmark).
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=7 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=4 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.9
Where Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill falls in its industry
756 Poultry Feed Mill establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 29 Poultry Feed Mill employers in North Carolina.
Sanderson Farms Kinston Feed Mill has more employees than the Poultry Feed Mill 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 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311119 · NC · Kinston
756 Poultry Feed Mill employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 86 employers in Kinston, NC · 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 | Harrold, SD | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Baconton - Alltech Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pharmgate-Omaha | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Marshville Bakery Feeds | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SHARP FARM INC | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva Agriscience | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jackson Farming Company | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ACT Power Services, LLC | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sanderson Farms Kinston Processing | 1,564 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caswell Developmental Center | 1,256 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNC Lenoir Health Care | 843 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UNC Health Lenoir | 744 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wallwork Truck Center Bismarck | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | World Bioproducts - Manufacturing Center | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Barro's Pizza, Grayhawk | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | WellStar North Fulton Hospital | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Administration Building | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Printograph, Inc., dba GotPrint.com - TX | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Windsor of Cape Coral | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ayrshire, Inc. (Piping) | 70 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.