Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing · Georgia

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA

Dalton, GA · ~45 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA safety composite

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−1.8

2016→2023

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA injury rate improved

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Dalton, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/27
  • PHOTO Akron Plant
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Akron Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA falls in its industry

485 Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricati establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 27 Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricati employers in Georgia.

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA (45 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA
Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA (45 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cargill Industrial Specialties - Dalton, GA has fewer employees than the Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synth median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.4 0.0 0 1 0
2019 6.2 3.1 2 2 0
2018 5.2 3.5 3 0 0
2017 5.2 1.7 1 2 0
2016 1.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · GA · Dalton

485 Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 292 employers in Dalton, 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 Akron Plant 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farmers Branch 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flow Polymers St. Clair Plant 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huntsville Operations 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE CWT Farms International 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Camilla Golden Peanut Treenut Pecan Shelling 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Athens TMC - 1004 Boulevard Athens, GA 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lombard 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hamilton Medical Center 1,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant 97 1,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD 1,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR USA Dalton GA Antioch 1,077 FTE
NAT-TCR Newman Carriers, Inc 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SGS Retail - Umatilla 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Arden - WP 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Keene, Nh #208 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 310 Maple Avenue 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (JFK-6311) 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Public Safety (45) 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Public Safety (3) 45 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.