Poultry Hatcheries · Mississippi

Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery

Name: Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fernwood, MS · ~78 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 5.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade C.

Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery: 5.1 TCR = 114% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery safety composite

Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−1.6

2016→2023

Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery injury rate improved

Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery's TCR fell 1.6 from 5.7 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=5.6 · 2023=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Fernwood, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.1 · 114% of ind

DART 4.1 DART
RANK #17/20
PHOTO Hatchery
BOOK 3y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery averages 5.1 TCR (114% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).

Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=5.6 · 2023=4.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 20 Poultry Hatcheries employers in Mississippi.

Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery (78 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Sanderson Farms McComb 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
2023	4.1	4.1	3
2017	5.6	5.6	4
2016	5.7	4.8	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · MS · Fernwood

197 Poultry Hatcheries 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	Hatchery	TALMO, GA	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hatchery	NATCHITOCHES, LA	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Live Turkey - Dayton VA Hatchery	HARRISONBURG, VA	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hatchery	MOOREFIELD, WV	5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	JT Shannon Lumber Company, INC.	HORN LAKE	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Scotch Plywood Company Waynesboro Division	WAYNESBORO	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	F.F.M., Inc.	AMORY	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	General Shale Columbus Brick	COLUMBUS	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fabricated Pipe, Inc.	Fernwood	86 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sanderson Farms McComb Feed Mill	Fernwood	62 FTE
CITY-NEAR	W.L. BYRD LUMBER CO.,INC	Fernwood	52 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Byrd Lumber Co., Inc.	Fernwood	46 FTE
NAT-TCR	Clendenin Lumber Company	Donalds, SC	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lahey Health at Home - Beverly	Beveryl, MA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arlington Dirt Cheap	Arlington, TX	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Superior Roll Forming LLC	Valley City, OH	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Compassus GR Philadelphia Fort Washington	Fort Washington, PA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lumbermen's Indiana	Shelbyville, IN	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NAPP Asheboro - 005	Asheboro, NC	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mudd Inc.	Cedar Falls, IA	78 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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