Other Animal Food Manufacturing · Mississippi

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill

Name: Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fernwood, MS · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.9
Avg TCR: 3.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Other Animal Food Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill: 0.9 TCR = 23% of Other Animal Food Manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill safety composite

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill held a steady TCR band

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.2 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2023=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Fernwood, MS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 23% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #1/23
PHOTO Feed Mill
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Feed Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill averages 0.9 TCR (23% of the Other Animal Food Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0 · 2023=1.5 · BLS 3.9

Where Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill falls in its industry

756 Other Animal Food Manufacturin establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 23 Other Animal Food Manufacturin employers in Mississippi.

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill (62 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill has more employees than the Other Animal Food Manufacturing 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
2023	1.5	1.5	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	1.2	1.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · MS · Fernwood

756 Other Animal Food Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 5 employers in Fernwood, MS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Feed Mill	WINGATE, NC	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cal-Maine Foods Inc.	CHILLICOTHE, TX	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sugarcreek Feed Plant	SUGARCREEK, OH	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Axiota Animal Health, Inc.	FORT COLLINS, CO	0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Double S Inc	GRENADA	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Vice Construction Company	MOSS POINT	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Walters Construction Company Inc.	LAUREL	62 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southern Diversified Industries	BALDWYN	62 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fabricated Pipe, Inc.	Fernwood	86 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery	Fernwood	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	W.L. BYRD LUMBER CO.,INC	Fernwood	52 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Byrd Lumber Co., Inc.	Fernwood	46 FTE
NAT-TCR	Marine MRT and Annex	Catlettsburg, KY	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Health Plans	Indianapolis, IN	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Market Basket #79	Waltham, MA	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	SAO : Athens	Tanner, AL	0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Capitol Drive	Milwaukee, WI	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Central Valley Environmental	Fresno, CA	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	McKee Foods Transportation - AZ	Kingman, AZ	62 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Heritage Nursing & Rehabilitation Community	Zeeland, MI	62 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: 2023, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.