Poultry Hatcheries · North Carolina
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery
Kinston, NC · ~65 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade C.
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery: 4.8 TCR = 107% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery safety composite
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery: 4.2 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery's TCR rose 0.6 from 4.2 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 112340 · Kinston, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 107% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #10/14
- PHOTO Forest Hatchery
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~65 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Forest Hatchery (0.1 TCR gap)
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Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Pilgrim's Hatc
Pilgrim's Hatchery
5 TCR
- Ellenwood Hatc
Ellenwood Hatchery
5 TCR
- This site
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery
4.8 TCR
- Forest Hatcher
Forest Hatchery
4.8 TCR
- Sanderson Farm
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery
4.6 TCR
What this shows Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery averages 4.8 TCR (107% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery falls in its industry
197 Poultry Hatcheries establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Poultry Hatcheries employers in North Carolina.
Sanderson Farms Kinston Hatchery has more employees than the Poultry Hatcheries median and a higher 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 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
112340 · NC · Kinston
197 Poultry Hatcheries 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 | Forest Hatchery | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pilgrim's Hatchery | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ellenwood Hatchery | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AgMart Produce, Inc. LELAND, NC | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mayo Fossil Plant | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Newell Operations Center | 65 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Guaranteed Supply Company | 65 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 | Church of the Brethren Home, INC dba Timbercrest Senior Living Community | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Haddads Inc | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stark Truss Co., Inc. Canton, OH | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nashville, TN | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Santa Monica Place | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale College Parkway | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cascade Manufacturing Company | 65 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations - Bayou Choctaw | 65 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.