Chicken hatcheries · Delaware

Seaford DE Hatchery

Seaford, DE · ~51 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Seaford DE Hatchery runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chicken hatcheries workplace, earning a grade A.

Seaford DE Hatchery: 1.4 TCR = 32% of Chicken hatcheries BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Seaford DE Hatchery safety composite

Seaford DE Hatchery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−2.4

2016→2019

Seaford DE Hatchery injury rate improved

Seaford DE Hatchery's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=1.9 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112340 · Seaford, DE AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P87
  • PHOTO Salisbury Hatchery #2
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Salisbury Hatchery #2 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Seaford DE Hatchery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Seaford DE Hatchery averages 1.4 TCR (32% of the Chicken hatcheries BLS benchmark).

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

Seaford DE Hatchery TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=1.9 · 2019=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Seaford DE Hatchery falls in its industry

197 Chicken hatcheries establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Seaford DE Hatchery (51 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Seaford DE Hatchery
Seaford DE Hatchery (51 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Seaford DE Hatchery has more employees than the Chicken 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.4 2.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112340 · DE · Seaford

197 Chicken hatcheries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 55 employers in Seaford, DE · 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 Salisbury Hatchery #2 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peco Foods Hatchery 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Case Farms Canton Hatchery 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Athens Hatchery 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wilmington DE WWTP OMI 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE George Sherman Corporation 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Millsboro Feed Mill 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highline Warren Wilmington 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nanticoke Memorial Hospital 880 FTE
CITY-NEAR TidalHealth Nanticoke 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2460 358 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2460 352 FTE
NAT-TCR ODW - Hazelwood, MO 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Derse Atlanta 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Haltom City 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodview Home 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE SVC - Vino Bello Sales Center 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6 Ohio Drive 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Swy 0029 2280 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE 113061-Ftl-Southside Sta 51 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: 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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