Urethane foam products manufacturing · Georgia

Carcoustics USA South Inc.

Name: Carcoustics USA South Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Buford, GA · ~126 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Carcoustics USA South Inc. runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Urethane foam products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Carcoustics USA South Inc.: 7.4 TCR = 223% of Urethane foam products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carcoustics USA South Inc. safety composite

Carcoustics USA South Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.3 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

−4.1

2019→2020

Carcoustics USA South Inc. injury rate improved

Carcoustics USA South Inc.'s TCR fell 4.1 from 9.4 in 2019 to 5.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=9.4 · 2020=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Buford, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 223% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #18/19
PHOTO American Excelsior C…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Excelsior Company Norwalk (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Carcoustics USA South Inc. averages 7.4 TCR (223% of the Urethane foam products manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Carcoustics USA South Inc. TCR series: 2019=9.4 · 2020=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Carcoustics USA South Inc. falls in its industry

474 Urethane foam products manufac establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 19 Urethane foam products manufac employers in Georgia.

Carcoustics USA South Inc. (126 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Carcoustics USA South Inc. has more employees than the Urethane foam products manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2020	5.3	5.3	7	1	0
2019	9.4	8.2	6	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · GA · Buford

474 Urethane foam products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 164 employers in Buford, GA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	American Excelsior Company Norwalk	NORWALK, OH	7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Foam Design, Inc.	LEXINGTON, KY	7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Woodbridge Corporation Atlanta	LITHONIA, GA	7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BLACHFORD INC.	WEST CHICAGO, IL	7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	D.R. Horton - Crown, LLC - Atlanta East	CONYERS	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J Hiers Company, Inc	BAXLEY	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D61 Atlanta	SMYRNA	126 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dorsett Industries (Dalton, Ga)	DALTON	126 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tech Systems, Inc	Buford	478 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elringklinger USA, Inc.	Buford	473 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GAORD - BUFORD CENTER	Buford	447 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Georgia Branch	Buford	428 FTE
NAT-TCR	Transcon	Mentor, OH	7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sistersville Center	Sistersville, WV	7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wachusett Manor	Gardner, MA	7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tmx2395 - Trenton	Trenton, NJ	7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Springs Village Care Center	Colorado Springs, CO	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St Elizabeth Healthcare Grant	Williamstown, KY	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NEAS	Williston, VT	126 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Silver Lake Center	Dover, DE	126 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.