Poultry Processing · Texas

Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing

Tyler, TX · ~1,431 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade A.

Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing safety composite

Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2024

Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2018 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Tyler, TX AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #3/24
  • PHOTO Milford Plant
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 151 inj
  • SIZE ~1,431 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milford Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing averages 1.6 TCR (49% 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 Tyler Processing TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 24 Poultry Processing employers in Texas.

Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing (1,431 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Tyler Processing
Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing (1,431 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing has more employees than the Poultry Processing 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.1 0.7 15 2 0
2023 1.1 0.8 15 1 0
2022 0.2 0.1 24 1 0
2021 2.4 1.7 25 8 0
2020 2.8 2.4 34 8 0
2019 3.8 3.0 38 3 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · TX · Tyler

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 357 employers in Tyler, 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 Milford Plant 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fieldale Farms - Cornelia Plant 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2nd Street, P-19719 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR John Soules Foods 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE ExxonMobil Global Services Company Hughes Landing 1,429 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. - LCO & MCO Offices 1,429 FTE
STATE-SIZE Port Arthur Liquefaction Project 1,428 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon Transportation Services : HOU1 1,427 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tyler - CTMF 380 3,897 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tyler Main Hospital 2,205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Residential HVAC and Supply : MFG-Tyler,TX-USA 2,173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinity Clinic - CTMF 381 1,705 FTE
NAT-TCR Heraeus Medical Components 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Continental Marble, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Amhof Trucking, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lennar - Arizona (Tucson) 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Penn Highlands DuBois (West) 1,431 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amzl : Dps1 1,431 FTE
NAT-SIZE Broken Bow Plant 1,432 FTE
NAT-SIZE John Deere Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations 1,430 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.