Sanderson Farms, LLC
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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 August 18, 2022.
Badge awarded by NH3 Jobs from public U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records. Not an OSHA endorsement.
THE QUICK READ
Sanderson Farms runs a poultry processing plant in Hammond, Louisiana, employing approximately 532 workers. The facility maintains a 22,570-pound ammonia refrigeration system under a Process Safety Management program. Hammond sits in Tangipahoa Parish on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, roughly 45 miles north of New Orleans, placing the plant along Interstate 12 with access to Gulf Coast distribution routes for its chicken products.
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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 Louisiana
- $21.73–$32.40/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Louisiana
- $27.81–$38.42/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 775 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Louisiana pay levels
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Louisiana
- $19.49–$30.92/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Louisiana
- $24.83–$34.03/hr
- Posted pay near this plant
- $20.55–$30.18/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Louisiana pay levels · 6 postings
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~530
- Products
- chicken, poultry, processing, slaughter
- Size
- Large
- Ammonia on site
- 22,570 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 August 18, 2022.
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 8, 2026. Reported as filed — the badge is our own summary of those filings, not an OSHA award.
LIVING IN HAMMOND, LA
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
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|---|---|---|---|
| Lineage Logistics | Richland, MS | 123 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Peco Foods INC. | Bay Springs, MS | 127 mi | 4 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Vicksburg, MS | 129 mi | 2 JOBS → |
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| Peco Foods INC. | Sebastopol, MS | 156 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Carthage, MS | 170 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Pilgrim's Pride | Natchitoches, LA | 175 mi | 5 JOBS → |
| Foster Poultry Farms | Demopolis, AL | 208 mi | 5 JOBS → |
ABOUT SANDERSON FARMS FOODS, LLC
D R Sanderson Sr founded the company in 1947 as a feed and seed store in Laurel, Mississippi, and it grew into a fully integrated poultry producer that processes, markets, and distributes fresh and frozen chicken and prepared foods. The company went public in 1987 and became a major poultry processor with plants across the southeastern United States. In 2022 Cargill and Continental Grain acquired Sanderson Farms for 4.5 billion dollars and merged it with Wayne Farms to form Wayne-Sanderson Farms, a privately held company based in Oakwood, Georgia.
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