Poultry Hatcheries · Texas

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery

Palestine, TX · ~64 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade B.

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery: 2.6 TCR = 59% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery safety composite

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery injury rate improved

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery's TCR fell 3.3 from 3.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Palestine, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/13
  • PHOTO Danville Hatchery
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Danville Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery averages 2.6 TCR (59% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Poultry Hatcheries employers in Texas.

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery (64 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 020406080100120 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery
Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery (64 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Sanderson Farms Palestine Hatchery has more employees than the Poultry Hatcheries median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.6 4.6 3 0 0
2021 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2020 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2019 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 3 0 0
2017 5.5 5.5 4 0 0
2016 3.3 3.3 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · TX · Palestine

197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 50 employers in Palestine, TX · 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 Danville Hatchery 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winesburg Hatchery 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pilgrim's Pride Commerce Hatchery 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Collins Hatchery 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mill Creek 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE PILGRIMS MT. PLEASANT HACTCHERY 2 & 3 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE TGNR East Texas LLC 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Venado Oil and Gas LLC 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanderson Farms Palestine Processing 1,105 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6036 925 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6036 861 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6005 558 FTE
NAT-TCR Carlie C's IGA #870 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pueblo ARP 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Medina 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodward Inc. - Loveland Facility 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Forshaw Inc 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florida QCC 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE C.A. Smith Inc. d/b/a Ravena Shop N Save 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Combined Roofing Services LLC 64 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.