Sawmill equipment manufacturing · Georgia

Cooper Machine Co., Inc.

Wadley, GA · ~25 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cooper Machine Co., Inc. runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sawmill equipment manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cooper Machine Co., Inc.: 6.4 TCR = 194% of Sawmill equipment manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cooper Machine Co., Inc. safety composite

Cooper Machine Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−3.5

2016→2024

Cooper Machine Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Cooper Machine Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 3.5 from 8.1 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=12.5 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=8.4 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333243 · Wadley, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 194% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Johnston SC -Planer …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Johnston SC -Planer Mill (0.1 TCR gap)

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Cooper Machine Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cooper Machine Co., Inc. averages 6.4 TCR (194% of the Sawmill equipment manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cooper Machine Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=12.5 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=8.4 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Cooper Machine Co., Inc. falls in its industry

137 Sawmill equipment manufacturin establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Sawmill equipment manufacturin employers in Georgia.

Cooper Machine Co., Inc. (25 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cooper Machine Co., Inc.
Cooper Machine Co., Inc. (25 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Cooper Machine Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Sawmill equipment manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 7.3 7.3 1 0 0
2020 8.4 4.2 2 0 0
2019 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2018 12.5 4.2 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 8.1 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333243 · GA · Wadley

137 Sawmill equipment manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 8 employers in Wadley, 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 Johnston SC -Planer Mill 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodlane 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Coast Industrial Systems, INC. 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 3 Wrapping 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Four Corners Gin Inc. Co. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.C. Bradley Farms, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro East TMC (Conyers)- 1465 General Arts Rd. Conyers, GA 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manchester Operating - 524 Atlantic Street Manchester, GA 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Battle Lumber Co 265 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wadley SNF, LLC 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fulghum Industries, Inc. 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dry Kiln 33 FTE
NAT-TCR Wirhi - Rhinelander 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Chant Engineering Co Inc. 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Prime Window Systems 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Omega Plastics LLC 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Woodbury Common Premium Outlets 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE InterBay Building Services Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE H-O Products 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paola Service Center 25 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: 2024, 2023, 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.