Plasma Collection · Georgia

Athens Biotest Plasma Center

Athens, GA · ~56 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Athens Biotest Plasma Center runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plasma Collection workplace, earning a grade D.

Athens Biotest Plasma Center: 5.6 TCR = 148% of Plasma Collection BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Athens Biotest Plasma Center safety composite

Athens Biotest Plasma Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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)
D 5.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Athens Biotest Plasma Center held a steady TCR band

Athens Biotest Plasma Center's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.6 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Athens, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 148% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #43/65
  • PHOTO Norfolk 10513
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Norfolk 10513 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Athens Biotest Plasma Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Athens Biotest Plasma Center averages 5.6 TCR (148% of the Plasma Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Athens Biotest Plasma Center TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=2.3 · BLS 3.8

Where Athens Biotest Plasma Center falls in its industry

1,713 Plasma Collection establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 65 Plasma Collection employers in Georgia.

Athens Biotest Plasma Center (56 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Athens Biotest Plasma Center
Athens Biotest Plasma Center (56 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Athens Biotest Plasma Center has more employees than the Plasma Collection median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2018 5.1 0.0 2 0 0
2017 12.4 2.5 5 0 0
2016 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · GA · Athens

1,713 Plasma Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 187 employers in Athens, GA · 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 Norfolk 10513 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Laurell Plasma Center 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kennesaw, GA-Biolife 763 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR LifeShare Blood Center - Alexandria 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Live Production Offices 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shimizu North America LLC 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE T D Farrell 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE LRA Constructors, Inc. 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital 2,805 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Mary's Health Care System-SMHCS-GA 1,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR ST.MARYS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 1,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Mary's Health Care System Inc.- Athens 1,187 FTE
NAT-TCR Lafa Core Office 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Horizon Specialty Hospital of Henderson 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR GNC-Appleton 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5786 - Wixom 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE RubberMill, Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lenexa Facility 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glacier Construction Co., Inc 56 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, 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.