Poultry Processing · Texas

Sanderson Farms Waco Processing

Waco, TX · ~1,119 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanderson Farms Waco Processing runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade D.

Sanderson Farms Waco Processing: 5.5 TCR = 166% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanderson Farms Waco Processing safety composite

Sanderson Farms Waco Processing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−7.3

2016→2024

Sanderson Farms Waco Processing injury rate improved

Sanderson Farms Waco Processing's TCR fell 7.3 from 9.5 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.5 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Waco, TX ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 166% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #22/24
  • PHOTO OKF Albertville Plan…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 379 inj
  • SIZE ~1,119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OKF Albertville Plant 2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanderson Farms Waco Processing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sanderson Farms Waco Processing averages 5.5 TCR (166% 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 Waco Processing TCR series: 2016=9.5 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4.6 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Sanderson Farms Waco Processing falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #22 safest of 24 Poultry Processing employers in Texas.

Sanderson Farms Waco Processing (1,119 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 Waco Processing
Sanderson Farms Waco Processing (1,119 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sanderson Farms Waco 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 2.2 1.7 23 1 0
2023 2.2 1.8 17 4 0
2022 4.4 3.6 34 10 0
2021 4.6 4.4 36 11 0
2020 4.6 3.9 33 15 0
2019 5.9 5.2 45 17 0
2018 8.1 6.8 61 28 0
2017 7.7 6.4 56 33 0
2016 9.5 8.7 74 29 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · TX · Waco

509 Poultry Processing 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 OKF Albertville Plant 2 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Plant 1 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sanderson Farms Brazos Processing 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill Protein 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Starcon @ ECI/Exxon Baytown 1,119 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company 1,118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dashiell/Dacon Corporation 1,118 FTE
STATE-SIZE QVC San Antonio, LLC 1,118 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 BFC Forms Service, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Romanoff Electric Residential, LLC - Columbus 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Pines at Catskill 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Energy Resources H300 - Gas Distribution 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 600 Community Dr 1,119 FTE
NAT-SIZE 249/SFO 1,119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enterprise Development Authority Dba Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain 1,119 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4795-PS-DAY-DAYTON-DAY-PSAA 1,119 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.