Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · Louisiana
Covington
Covington, LA · ~40 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Covington runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Covington: 4.4 TCR = 201% of Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Covington safety composite
Covington scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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
Covington: 0.0 → 14.5 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 160.0 TCR · DART/TCR 3.28× in 2024
Covington's TCR rose 14.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 14.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 160.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 3.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423820 · Covington, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 4.4 · 201% of ind
- DART 14.5 DART
- RANK #15/18
- PHOTO Central Plains Equip…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Central Plains Equipment - Garden City (0.0 TCR gap)
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Covington in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Covington
4.4 TCR
- Central Plains
Central Plains Equipment - Garden City
4.4 TCR
- Automated Dair
Automated Dairy Jerome
4.4 TCR
- Woodmaxx Power
Woodmaxx Power Equipment
4.4 TCR
- Birkey's Farm
Birkey's Farm Store, Inc. - Macomb
4.4 TCR
What this shows Covington averages 4.4 TCR (201% of the Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Covington TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=160 · 2019=16.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=14.5 · BLS 2.2
Where Covington falls in its industry
700 Farm and Garden Machinery and establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 18 Farm and Garden Machinery and employers in Louisiana.
Covington has more employees than the Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 4 | 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
423820 · LA · Covington
700 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 104 employers in Covington, LA · 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 | Central Plains Equipment - Garden City | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Automated Dairy Jerome | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Woodmaxx Power Equipment | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Birkey's Farm Store, Inc. - Macomb | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Deridder | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Entergy - Power Generation - Little Gypsy | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Turner at UOP a Honeywell Company Shreveport LA | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FSG-LOUISIANA | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company Gulf of Mexico | 2,113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC | 941 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lakeview Regional Medical Center, a Campus of Tulane Medical Center | 758 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lakeview Regional Medical Center | 729 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Boston | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sealand North | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carlson Acquisition Company | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Food Stores 6284 | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Advanced Entertainment Technology | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cashwa Distributing / Aberdeen | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cargill Animal Nutrition | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RECON Corporation, Inc. | 40 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.