Courier Services Except by Air · Georgia

Dalton (Gadal)

Dalton, GA · ~197 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dalton (Gadal) runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Courier Services Except by Air workplace, earning a grade B.

Dalton (Gadal): 4.7 TCR = 72% of Courier Services Except by Air BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dalton (Gadal) safety composite

Dalton (Gadal) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
B 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−4.7

2016→2018

Dalton (Gadal) injury rate improved

Dalton (Gadal)'s TCR fell 4.7 from 7.6 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.6 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492110 · Dalton, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 4.7 · 72% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #53/210
  • PHOTO VARMD - RICHMOND
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~197 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VARMD - RICHMOND (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dalton (Gadal) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dalton (Gadal) averages 4.7 TCR (72% of the Courier Services Except by Air BLS benchmark).

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

Dalton (Gadal) TCR series: 2016=7.6 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=2.9 · BLS 6.5

Where Dalton (Gadal) falls in its industry

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 210 Courier Services Except by Air employers in Georgia.

Dalton (Gadal) (197 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Dalton (Gadal)
Dalton (Gadal) (197 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

Dalton (Gadal) has more employees than the Courier Services Except by Air median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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 2.9 2.1 4 0 0
2017 3.6 1.4 5 0 0
2016 7.6 6.1 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · GA · Dalton

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 292 employers in Dalton, 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 VARMD - RICHMOND 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hospital Couriers Florida (West) 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR GRAND RAPIDS HUB (MIGRN) 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PARSIPPANY (NJPAR) 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vin Woods LLC 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services - Corporate 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Helena Industries 197 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marglen Industries 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hamilton Medical Center 1,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant 97 1,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR SD 1,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR USA Dalton GA Antioch 1,077 FTE
NAT-TCR Grand Rapids Hub (Migrn) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Parsippany (Njpar) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR N and R of Joplin LLC 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5159 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chicago-Scs (Ilcst) 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monroe (Ncmon) 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCNA - Dunedin Juice Plant 197 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tyler (Txtyl) 197 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.