Poultry Hatcheries · North Carolina

Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery

Lumberton, NC · ~53 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade D.

Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery: 6.1 TCR = 136% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery safety composite

Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−0.7

2016→2023

Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery injury rate improved

Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery's TCR fell 0.7 from 4.0 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=15.3 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Lumberton, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 136% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #11/14
  • PHOTO Alabama GP Cleanout …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alabama GP Cleanout Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery averages 6.1 TCR (136% 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 St. Pauls Hatchery TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=15.3 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=3.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Poultry Hatcheries establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 14 Poultry Hatcheries employers in North Carolina.

Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery (53 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 St. Pauls Hatchery
Sanderson Farms St. Pauls Hatchery (53 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Sanderson Farms St. Pauls 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2023 3.3 3.3 2 0 0
2022 10.5 10.5 3 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2020 3.3 3.3 2 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 2 0 0
2018 15.3 11.4 4 0 0
2017 6.5 6.5 3 0 0
2016 4.0 4.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · NC · Lumberton

197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 80 employers in Lumberton, NC · 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 Alabama GP Cleanout Department 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newton Hatchery (MLO) 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cleveland Hatchery (CV) 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millsboro Hatchery 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE CPI USA NC LLC - Southport 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goldsboro Resource Center - PNG 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Master Telecommunications 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Electrical Contractors Inc 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC HEALTH SOUTHEASTERN 1,792 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1155 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1155 385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quickie Manufacturing 307 FTE
NAT-TCR Ward Nipple 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Code Welding & Mfg. Inc 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Trim-Rite Food Corporation 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR United 363 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Haskins Steel 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE J Anthony Enterprises Inc 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE In-Flight Catering 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway Industries, LLC - Indianapolis Branch 53 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, 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.