Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing · Alabama
Buffalo Rock Talladega
Talladega, AL · ~50 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Buffalo Rock Talladega runs at 147% 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 Talladega: 4.9 TCR = 147% of Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Buffalo Rock Talladega safety composite
Buffalo Rock Talladega 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.79 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
Buffalo Rock Talladega: 0.0 → 11.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.6× in 2024
Buffalo Rock Talladega's TCR rose 11.7 from 0.0 in 2022 to 11.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 312111 · Talladega, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 147% of ind
- DART 7.8 DART
- RANK #9/14
- PHOTO Buffalo Rock
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~50 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Buffalo Rock (0.0 TCR gap)
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Buffalo Rock Talladega in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Buffalo Rock Talladega
4.9 TCR
- Buffalo Rock
Buffalo Rock
4.9 TCR
- AUSTIN C/C IN
AUSTIN C/C IN
4.9 TCR
- Mason City Bra
Mason City Branch
4.9 TCR
- LAUREL PKG JOH
LAUREL PKG JOHNSTOWN PA
4.8 TCR
What this shows Buffalo Rock Talladega averages 4.9 TCR (147% of the Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Buffalo Rock Talladega TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=11.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Buffalo Rock Talladega falls in its industry
516 Beverages, soft drink (includi establishmentsSafer than 49% 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 #9 safest of 14 Beverages, soft drink (includi employers in Alabama.
Buffalo Rock Talladega 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 | 11.7 | 7.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
312111 · AL · Talladega
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 · 39 employers in Talladega, 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 | Buffalo Rock | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AUSTIN C/C IN | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LAUREL PKG JOHNSTOWN PA | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mason City Branch | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 8600 Live Haul Koch Foods | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Patton Chapel Crew Headquarters | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southeast Cherokee Construction, Inc. | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stone Building LLC | 50 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kasai North America, Inc. - Talladega, AL | 470 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kasai North America, Inc. - Talladega AL Plant | 468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brookwood Baptist Citizens | 327 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TALLADEGA HEALTHCARE CENTER IN | 304 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | North Beach Camp Resort | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Evanston Hospital | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ashley Valley Medical Center LLC - EVS | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Carriage Inn Bryan | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hudwell Delivery | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Desimone Logistics LLC | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Evans & Associates Construction Company | 50 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.