Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing · Alabama
Cowarts Facility
Dothan, AL · ~159 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cowarts Facility runs at 301% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Cowarts Facility: 9.9 TCR = 301% of Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cowarts Facility safety composite
Cowarts Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 19.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
Cowarts Facility: 4.6 → 19.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 19.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2022
Cowarts Facility's TCR rose 15.2 from 4.6 in 2016 to 19.8 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311511 · Dothan, AL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 301% of ind
- DART 19.8 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Prairie Farms Dairy …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 31 inj
- SIZE ~159 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne (0.1 TCR gap)
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Cowarts Facility in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Winter Haven F
Winter Haven Florida Facility
10 TCR
- This site
Cowarts Facility
9.9 TCR
- Prairie Farms
Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne
9.9 TCR
- Plainview Milk
Plainview Milk Products Cooperative - Hastings
9.9 TCR
- Westby Coopera
Westby Cooperative Creamery
9.8 TCR
What this shows Cowarts Facility averages 9.9 TCR (301% of the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Cowarts Facility TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=5.3 · 2022=19.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Cowarts Facility falls in its industry
457 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Milk processing (e.g., bottlin employers in Alabama.
Cowarts Facility has more employees than the Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogen median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311511 · AL · Dothan
457 Milk processing (e.g., bottling, homogenizing, pasteurizing, vitaminizing) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 183 employers in Dothan, 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 | Prairie Farms Dairy Fort Wayne | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plainview Milk Products Cooperative - Hastings | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Winter Haven Florida Facility | 10.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Westby Cooperative Creamery | 9.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Performance Contractors, Inc. - Southeast Fab Shop | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Koller-Craft South | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Opelika plant | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Store 1059 | 159 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DSI SECURITY SERVICES CORPORATE | 2,918 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dothan Plant | 1,233 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dothan processing plant | 1,140 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 604 | 362 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Fresh Ideas Management- Judson | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Seafood City Supermarket - West Covina | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | King Food Saver # 24 | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AI Innovations-NC | 9.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Phillip Morris Richmond | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Essex Nursing & Rahabilitation | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Electronics Research, Inc. | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lunds & Byerlys, Ridgedale | 159 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.