Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing · Mississippi

Southern Hens, Inc. KP

Name: Southern Hens, Inc. KP Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Moselle, MS · ~359 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern Hens, Inc. KP runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing workplace, earning a grade C.

Southern Hens, Inc. KP: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Hens, Inc. KP safety composite

Southern Hens, Inc. KP scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

Southern Hens, Inc. KP: 2.8 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.54× in 2021

Southern Hens, Inc. KP's TCR rose 2.0 from 2.8 in 2020 to 4.7 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Moselle, MS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #19/41
PHOTO Pinnacle Plant /Alle…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 24 inj
SIZE ~359 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pinnacle Plant /Allen Harim LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Southern Hens, Inc. KP averages 3.8 TCR (114% of the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS benchmark).

Southern Hens, Inc. KP TCR series: 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Hens, Inc. KP falls in its industry

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 41 Poultry slaughtering, dressing employers in Mississippi.

Southern Hens, Inc. KP (359 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Southern Hens, Inc. KP has fewer employees than the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and pack 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
2021	4.7	2.0	14	0	0
2020	2.8	2.2	10	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MS · Moselle

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 13 employers in Moselle, MS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pinnacle Plant /Allen Harim LLC	MILLSBORO, DE	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Golden Rod Broilers	CULLMAN, AL	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Murrayville Plant	MURRAYVILLE, GA	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cassville Processing	CASSVILLE, MO	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	University of Mississippi Medical Center - Jackson - EVS	JACKSON	359 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newly Weds Foods	HORN LAKE	358 FTE
STATE-SIZE	273784-JACKSON MS P&DC	JACKSON	358 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brentwood Originals	WALLS	357 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kill Plant	Moselle	326 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cook Plant	Moselle	270 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southern Hens, Inc. SP	Moselle	242 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Southern Hens, Inc. CP	Moselle	159 FTE
NAT-TCR	Marathon Company	Attleboro, MA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Huhtamaki- Fulton	Fulton, NY	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hilton Garden Inn Gainesville	Gainesville, GA	3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	CFR Washington	Capitol Heights, MD	3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Avera St Mary's Hospital	Pierre, SD	359 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elizabeth Arden Inc. - Logistics Centre	Roanoke, VA	359 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SSA Atlantic Jacksonville Florida	Jacksonville, FL	359 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hannibal Industries Inc.	Los Angeles, CA	359 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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