Guns manufacturing · Georgia

Daniel Defense, LLC

Black Creek, GA · ~248 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Daniel Defense, LLC runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Guns manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Daniel Defense, LLC: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Guns manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Daniel Defense, LLC safety composite

Daniel Defense, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2016→2024

Daniel Defense, LLC injury rate improved

Daniel Defense, LLC's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.3 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.3 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332994 · Black Creek, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Ridgefield
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~248 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ridgefield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Daniel Defense, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Daniel Defense, LLC averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Guns manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Daniel Defense, LLC TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=2 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Daniel Defense, LLC falls in its industry

126 Guns manufacturing establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Guns manufacturing employers in Georgia.

Daniel Defense, LLC (248 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Daniel Defense, LLC
Daniel Defense, LLC (248 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Daniel Defense, LLC has more employees than the Guns manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.8 0.8 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.7 0.7 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 1.2 1.2 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.0 0.5 3 1 0
2016 1.3 0.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332994 · GA · Black Creek

126 Guns manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 3 employers in Black Creek, 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 Ridgefield 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tactical Solutions Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilson's Gun Shop Inc 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dillon Aero 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Winter Construction Company 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goodyear, Social Circle Plant 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elixir Extrusions, LLC 248 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seasons-4, Inc. 248 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manufacturer 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orafol Americas 147 FTE
NAT-TCR 326-NiSource-Chester VA-Operations 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR National Distribution Centers LLC-4061 E. Francis St 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hempel Conroe 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Martins Distribution Center 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 0435 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0794 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fann Contracting, Inc. 248 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chromalloy Arizona 248 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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