Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade · Georgia

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington

Covington, GA · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington runs at 441% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington: 14.5 TCR = 441% of Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington safety composite

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−21.0

2016→2018

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington injury rate improved

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington's TCR fell 21.0 from 28.5 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 28.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=28.5 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Covington, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.5 · 441% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Commercial Steel Tre…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Commercial Steel Treating Corporation (0.4 TCR gap)

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Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington averages 14.5 TCR (441% of the Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington TCR series: 2016=28.5 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington falls in its industry

248 Hardening (i.e., heat treating establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Hardening (i.e., heat treating employers in Georgia.

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington (34 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington
Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington (34 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Covington has fewer employees than the Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals a median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2018 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2017 7.7 7.7 2 0 0
2016 28.5 28.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · GA · Covington

248 Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 91 employers in Covington, 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 Commercial Steel Treating Corporation 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bodycote Winchester 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zion Industries Hildebran Plant 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Colson Group LLC 13.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Total Timberland Services LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Athens Business Office - 1001 Prince Ave. Athens 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Neese District Jackson EMC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE JACKSON EMC - NEESE 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR BD Covington GA 840 FTE
CITY-NEAR Piedmont Newton Hospital 679 FTE
CITY-NEAR C.R. Bard COV Non-Ops 664 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foodservice : COVINGTON 447 FTE
NAT-TCR WHEMCO-Ohio Foundry Inc. 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0121 Torrance 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LGB3 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amzl : Dsd2 14.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elderberry Square Community 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vero Beach Office 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legends - Oklahoma Thunder 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE PT507 - Union,NJ 34 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.