Rendering plants · Georgia

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant

Cornelia, GA · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Rendering plants workplace, earning a grade C.

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant: 3.2 TCR = 98% of Rendering plants BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant safety composite

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant held a steady TCR band

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.3 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Cornelia, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 98% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #4/12
  • PHOTO Pilgrims Pride
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pilgrims Pride (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant averages 3.2 TCR (98% of the Rendering plants BLS benchmark).

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

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=5 · 2018=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant falls in its industry

151 Rendering plants establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

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 12 Rendering plants employers in Georgia.

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant (37 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant
Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant (37 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Cornelia Protein Conversion Plant has fewer employees than the Rendering plants median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2018 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2017 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2016 2.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · GA · Cornelia

151 Rendering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 26 employers in Cornelia, 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 Pilgrims Pride 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kingsburg Commodities 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Proteins, Inc. - Cumming Division 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Baltimore Plant 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE JJ Georgia Warehouse 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clary Logging Inc 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant Tugalo 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brevard Office 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fieldale Farms - Cornelia Plant 1,574 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cornelia Plant 1,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ethicon Cornelia 699 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1403 325 FTE
NAT-TCR Compassionate Care Hospice of Londonderry 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR National and Alamo Car Rental 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Phillips-Moldex, Inc 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Charm Saw Mill & Yoder Logistics 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Future Foam Inc Plant 13 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE ORLD 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tetra Dynamics 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashley Furniture Homestore (80) 37 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: 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.