Poultry Feed Mill · Mississippi
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill
Laurel, MS · ~49 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry Feed Mill workplace, earning a grade B.
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill: 2.2 TCR = 56% of Poultry Feed Mill BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill safety composite
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% 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
−0.8
2016→2024
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill injury rate improved
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.7 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.7 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311119 · Laurel, MS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 56% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/23
- PHOTO Armada Grain
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~49 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Armada Grain (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill
2.2 TCR
- Armada Grain
Armada Grain
2.2 TCR
- McGregor Purin
McGregor Purina Feed Mill
2.2 TCR
- Sanderson Farm
Sanderson Farms Palestine Feed Mill
2.2 TCR
- Famo Feeds, In
Famo Feeds, Inc.
2.2 TCR
What this shows Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill averages 2.2 TCR (56% of the Poultry Feed Mill BLS benchmark).
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.9
Where Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill falls in its industry
756 Poultry Feed Mill establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 23 Poultry Feed Mill employers in Mississippi.
Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill has more employees than the Poultry Feed Mill median and a lower 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 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311119 · MS · Laurel
756 Poultry Feed Mill employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 78 employers in Laurel, 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 | Armada Grain | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McGregor Purina Feed Mill | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sanderson Farms Palestine Feed Mill | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Famo Feeds, Inc. | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | T C Construction Inc | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Copeland & Johns, Inc. | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rives & Reynolds Natchez | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SOPREMA | 49 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Laurel | 9,165 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Howard Industries Inc (Transformer) | 2,141 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | West Quality Food Service, Inc | 1,567 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amick Farms, LLC MS Processing Plant | 841 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Union Heights Elementary School | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Boise - BMD | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AFP Transformers Corporation | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pompano - BMD | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NJ | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S&S Painting and Waterproofing, LLC. | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Three-d Orthopedic | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carlie C's IGA #805 | 49 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.