Cotton ginning · Alabama
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company
Centre, AL · ~24 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cotton ginning workplace, earning a grade D.
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company: 5.9 TCR = 131% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company safety composite
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company: 0.0 → 2.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 20.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.46× in 2024
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 20.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115111 · Centre, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 131% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #5/5
- PHOTO Acuff Coop Gin
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Acuff Coop Gin (0.1 TCR gap)
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Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Associated Cot
Associated Cotton Growers
6 TCR
- Quarterway Cot
Quarterway Cotton Growers, LLC
6 TCR
- Citizens Shall
Citizens Shallowater Coop Gin
6 TCR
- This site
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company
5.9 TCR
- Acuff Coop Gin
Acuff Coop Gin
5.8 TCR
What this shows Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company averages 5.9 TCR (131% of the Cotton ginning BLS benchmark).
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=20.6 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company falls in its industry
194 Cotton ginning establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Cotton ginning employers in Alabama.
Cherokee Gin & Cotton Company has fewer employees than the Cotton ginning median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20.6 | 16.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.4 | 2.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115111 · AL · Centre
194 Cotton ginning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 7 employers in Centre, 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 | Acuff Coop Gin | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Associated Cotton Growers | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Quarterway Cotton Growers, LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Citizens Shallowater Coop Gin | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Young's Plant Farm, Inc. (Farm 1) | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Snead Growout | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Morgan Energy Center | 24 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Generation Fossil Theodore Cogeneration | 24 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cherokee County Health and Rehabilitation Center | 299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5126 | 267 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 5126 | 265 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Floyd Cherokee Medical Center | 136 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | DTJ Enterprises, Inc. | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Allegheny General Hospital | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Schaedler Yesco Distribution Inc. - Harrisburg | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Select Specialty Hospital - Dallas, Inc | 5.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Berntsen Foundry Phelps Cast Location | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lakewood Center | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Countryside Mall | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | At Home Stores #143 | 24 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.