Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers · Georgia
Better Brands of Albany
Albany, GA · ~100 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Better Brands of Albany runs at 416% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Better Brands of Albany: 9.2 TCR = 416% of Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Better Brands of Albany safety composite
Better Brands of Albany scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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%).
TCR Δ
−9.5
2020→2024
Better Brands of Albany injury rate improved
Better Brands of Albany's TCR fell 9.5 from 13.5 in 2020 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=13.5 · 2021=12.5 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=4.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424820 · Albany, GA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 416% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #21/24
- PHOTO Mendota
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 48 inj
- SIZE ~100 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mendota (0.0 TCR gap)
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Better Brands of Albany in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Coho Distribut
Coho Distributing LLC - Canby
9.3 TCR
- This site
Better Brands of Albany
9.2 TCR
- Mendota
Mendota
9.1 TCR
- SPECS 216W
SPECS 216W
9.1 TCR
- General Beer-N
General Beer-Northwest, Inc.
9.1 TCR
What this shows Better Brands of Albany averages 9.2 TCR (416% of the Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Better Brands of Albany TCR series: 2020=13.5 · 2021=12.5 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=4 · BLS 2.2
Where Better Brands of Albany falls in its industry
735 Beverages, wine and distilled establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 24 Beverages, wine and distilled employers in Georgia.
Better Brands of Albany has fewer employees than the Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.5 | 9.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13.5 | 10.4 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424820 · GA · Albany
735 Beverages, wine and distilled spirits, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 186 employers in Albany, 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 | Mendota | 9.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SPECS 216W | 9.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Coho Distributing LLC - Canby | 9.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Beer-Northwest, Inc. | 9.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation - Moultrie | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Providence Group of GA | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Atlanta Kitchen - Decatur | 100 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southeast Utilities of GA Ince | 100 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MetroPower Inc | 691 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Procter and Gamble Paper Products Company Albany Plant | 644 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MillerCoors Albany Brewery | 550 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Molson Coors | 537 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 3387 - Upper East Side 86th and Lex | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MidWest Transportation | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Corner Pantry #30 | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Baldwinsville - North Plant | 9.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Tonawanda SC | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Western Engineering Contractors, Inc. | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Craig Industries | 100 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CareCore at Mary Scott | 100 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.