Poultry Processing · Georgia

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing

Moultrie, GA · ~1,620 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade D.

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing: 4.9 TCR = 149% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing safety composite

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−3.2

2016→2024

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing injury rate improved

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing's TCR fell 3.2 from 6.5 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 59.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=7.0 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=59.4 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Moultrie, GA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 149% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #54/67
  • PHOTO Sanderson Farms McCo…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 351 inj
  • SIZE ~1,620 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sanderson Farms McComb Processing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing averages 4.9 TCR (149% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=7 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=59.4 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 67 Poultry Processing employers in Georgia.

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing (1,620 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing
Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing (1,620 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sanderson Farms Moultrie Processing has more employees than the Poultry Processing 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 3.2 2.3 26 20 0
2023 2.7 2.0 25 12 0
2022 4.3 2.6 37 25 0
2021 4.7 3.3 38 30 0
2020 59.4 42.2 47 43 0
2019 5.1 3.7 41 34 0
2018 7.0 4.8 53 51 0
2017 5.7 4.3 34 42 0
2016 6.5 5.3 50 35 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · GA · Moultrie

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 55 employers in Moultrie, GA · 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 Sanderson Farms McComb Processing 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8307_18994 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Liberty Foods, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR FreeBird - West Facility 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE UPS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS (GAAPR) 1,606 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hamilton Medical Center 1,606 FTE
STATE-SIZE P&W Columbus, Georgia Site 1,605 FTE
STATE-SIZE TSV Augusta East 1,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR Colquitt Regional Medical Center 625 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Beef Packing 515 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Beef Moultrie, GA. 348 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 952 328 FTE
NAT-TCR Pro-Arc Electrical Construction Company 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Keefe Walpole MA 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Grove at the Lake 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Silver Eagle Beverages - San Antonio 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bristol Regional Medical Center 1,620 FTE
NAT-SIZE NXP USA, Inc Chandler 1,619 FTE
NAT-SIZE POC 1,619 FTE
NAT-SIZE Viejas Casino 1,619 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.