Poultry Hatcheries · Texas
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery
Waco, TX · ~57 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry Hatcheries workplace, earning a grade C.
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery: 4.6 TCR = 102% of Poultry Hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery safety composite
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
−5.8
2016→2024
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery injury rate improved
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery's TCR fell 5.8 from 7.4 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.4 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 112340 · Waco, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.6 · 102% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #10/13
- PHOTO Dalton Hatchery
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~57 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dalton Hatchery (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Forest Hatcher
Forest Hatchery
4.8 TCR
- This site
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery
4.6 TCR
- Dalton Hatcher
Dalton Hatchery
4.6 TCR
- Moyer's Chicks
Moyer's Chicks, Inc.
4.5 TCR
- Hatchery (Quit
Hatchery (Quitman)
4.5 TCR
What this shows Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery averages 4.6 TCR (102% of the Poultry Hatcheries BLS benchmark).
Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=6.9 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Sanderson Farms Waco Hatchery falls in its industry
197 Poultry Hatcheries establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Poultry Hatcheries employers in Texas.
Sanderson Farms Waco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
112340 · TX · Waco
197 Poultry Hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 314 employers in Waco, 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 | Dalton Hatchery | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Moyer's Chicks, Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hatchery (Quitman) | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Forest Hatchery | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sanderson Farms Tyler Hatchery | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cooper Natural Resources Cedar Lake location | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CKJ Transport - Energy Services | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cherokee County Electric Cooperative | 57 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest | 1,512 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - AUS3 | 1,468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-TXWAC1 | 1,407 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | L3Harris AS IAS Waco | 1,400 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Watermark at Beverly Hills | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shoemakersville plant | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pecora Corporation | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southeastern Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Towpath | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bailey Manufacturing Co., LLC. | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Romanoff Heating & Cooling - Columbus | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Automation IG | 57 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.