Ladders, fiberglass, manufacturing · Georgia
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA
Valdosta, GA · ~44 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ladders, fiberglass, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA: 6.6 TCR = 201% of Ladders, fiberglass, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA safety composite
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA: 6.2 → 10.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA's TCR rose 4.1 from 6.2 in 2019 to 10.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326199 · Valdosta, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 201% of ind
- DART 5.1 DART
- RANK #83/103
- PHOTO First Plastics Corp
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~44 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: First Plastics Corp (0.0 TCR gap)
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Better Way Products Valdosta, GA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Myers industri
Myers industries
6.7 TCR
- This site
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA
6.6 TCR
- First Plastics
First Plastics Corp
6.6 TCR
- Andersen Corpo
Andersen Corporation
6.6 TCR
- CertainTeed
CertainTeed
6.6 TCR
What this shows Better Way Products Valdosta, GA averages 6.6 TCR (201% of the Ladders, fiberglass, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA TCR series: 2019=6.2 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=8.4 · 2024=10.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Better Way Products Valdosta, GA falls in its industry
2,838 Ladders, fiberglass, manufactu establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 103 Ladders, fiberglass, manufactu employers in Georgia.
Better Way Products Valdosta, GA has fewer employees than the Ladders, fiberglass, manufacturing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.3 | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326199 · GA · Valdosta
2,838 Ladders, fiberglass, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 167 employers in Valdosta, 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 | First Plastics Corp | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Andersen Corporation | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Myers industries | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CertainTeed | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 04564100-00W002 LOCAL BOUNTI CORPORATION-LOCAL BOUNTI CORPORATION | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Duluth Operating - 3825 Rogers Bridge Rd. | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Albany Operating/TMC - 101 Georgia Power Rd. Albany, GA | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gainesboro Operating 2293 Skelton Rd Gainesville | 44 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Georgia Medical Center | 2,450 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2807-0962 | 922 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ace Electric Inc. - All Establishments | 886 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ace Electric Inc. | 809 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | W.S Darley | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hydro-Technologies, Inc. | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Van Metre Investment Properties | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SF - 150 Executive Park, SF | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kenworth Syracuse | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hoff Enterprises, Inc. | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MFG One, LLC | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Grether Farming Company, Inc | 44 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.