Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing · Alabama
Buffalo Rock Gadsden
Gadsden, AL · ~128 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buffalo Rock Gadsden runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Buffalo Rock Gadsden: 5.8 TCR = 175% of Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buffalo Rock Gadsden safety composite
Buffalo Rock Gadsden scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
Buffalo Rock Gadsden: 2.1 → 5.2 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2024
Buffalo Rock Gadsden's TCR rose 3.1 from 2.1 in 2022 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 312111 · Gadsden, AL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 175% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #10/14
- PHOTO Clement Pappas NC LLC
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~128 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Clement Pappas NC LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buffalo Rock Gadsden in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buffalo Rock Gadsden
5.8 TCR
- Clement Pappas
Clement Pappas NC LLC
5.8 TCR
- ShowLow
ShowLow
5.8 TCR
- 7198-00804660
7198-00804660
5.8 TCR
- 6874-68740005
6874-68740005
5.8 TCR
What this shows Buffalo Rock Gadsden averages 5.8 TCR (175% of the Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Buffalo Rock Gadsden TCR series: 2022=2.1 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Buffalo Rock Gadsden falls in its industry
516 Beverages, soft drink (includi establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Beverages, soft drink (includi employers in Alabama.
Buffalo Rock Gadsden has fewer employees than the Beverages, soft drink (including artific median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
312111 · AL · Gadsden
516 Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 82 employers in Gadsden, AL · 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 | Clement Pappas NC LLC | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ShowLow | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 7198-00804660 | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6874-68740005 | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mobile Paint Manufacturing Company of Delaware, Inc. | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | National Copper LLC dba National Copper & Smelting | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PHA Alabama | 128 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2659 LOWE S OF N. ANNISTON AL | 128 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Goodyear Gadsden Alabama | 1,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gadsden Regional Medical Center | 1,285 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant | 1,247 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Koch Foods Gadsden Plant | 850 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | University of Sioux Falls | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Osseo Area Learning Center | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | IRS Environmental of WA, Inc | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Azhlb - Holbrook | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Phillips Chevrolet, Inc. | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Curia | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Legacy Rehabilitation and Living | 128 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Southside | 128 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.