Koch Foods of Mississippi (Morton)
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Clean OSHA Record — 5 Years
OSHA inspected this facility once in the last five years and recorded no serious violations and no penalties. Last inspected May 21, 2024.
Badge awarded by NH3 Jobs from public U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records. Not an OSHA endorsement.
THE QUICK READ
Koch Foods of Mississippi processes chicken in Morton, MS, moving birds through slaughter, cutting, and further-processing lines that turn whole birds into packaged parts and prepared products. The site is federally inspected under two separate grants — one for slaughter and cutting, another for prepared products. In late 2024, Koch Foods announced a $145.5 million investment to expand processing and distribution at this Morton facility, with 128 new positions expected over five years.
JOBS HERE
No openings on file for this plant right now. Nearby plants that are hiring are listed further down.
PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Mississippi
- $22.47–$33.57/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Mississippi
- $27.35–$37.79/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 775 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Mississippi pay levels
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Mississippi
- $20.82–$32.19/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Mississippi
- $26–$35.64/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Mississippi pay levels
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~500
- Products
- chicken, poultry, processing, slaughter
- Size
- Large
- Ammonia on site
- 26,642 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
OSHA & EPA RMP · Oct 2026NH3 Jobs · Safety Award
Clean OSHA Record — 5 Years
OSHA inspected this facility once in the last five years and recorded no serious violations and no penalties. Last inspected May 21, 2024.
Badge awarded by NH3 Jobs from public U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records. Not an OSHA endorsement.
From public OSHA and EPA records, as of October 9, 2026. Reported as filed — the badge is our own summary of those filings, not an OSHA award.
LIVING IN MORTON, MS
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Foods | Forest, MS | 9 mi | 10 JOBS → |
| Peco Foods INC. | Sebastopol, MS | 22 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Lineage Logistics | Richland, MS | 30 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Peco Foods INC. | Bay Springs, MS | 32 mi | 4 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Carthage, MS | 33 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Vicksburg, MS | 59 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Peco Foods INC. | West Point, MS | 103 mi | 5 JOBS → |
| Foster Poultry Farms | Demopolis, AL | 107 mi | 4 JOBS → |
ABOUT KOCH FOODS
Koch Foods was founded in 1973 by Fred Koch as a small deboning operation, then grew under Joseph Grendys, who joined in 1984, took full ownership by 1992, and remains the private owner today. Acquisitions such as Aspen Foods in 1995 helped the company pass $1 billion in revenue by 2004 and roughly $3 billion by the mid-2010s, with about 14,000 employees at that time. Headquartered in Park Ridge, Illinois, the company now runs poultry processing operations across Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee. It sells chicken products under several brand names, including Koch Foods, Antioch Farms, Preferred Foods, and Rogers Royal.
Other Koch Foods plants in our directory: Koch Foods of Mississippi (Forest), Preferred Foods Inc./Koch Foods Inc., Koch Foods - Chattanooga, KOCH FOODS FRANKLIN PARK, Koch Foods LLC (Morristown), Koch Foods (Fairfield)
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