Sodium chlorate manufacturing · Georgia

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta

Valdosta, GA · ~29 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sodium chlorate manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta: 1.0 TCR = 32% of Sodium chlorate manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta safety composite

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta held a steady TCR band

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.9 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Valdosta, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 32% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #6/21
  • PHOTO Albemarle US, Inc. -…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Albemarle US, Inc. - Kings Mountain (0.0 TCR gap)

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ERCO Worldwide Valdosta in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ERCO Worldwide Valdosta averages 1.0 TCR (32% of the Sodium chlorate manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where ERCO Worldwide Valdosta falls in its industry

418 Sodium chlorate manufacturing establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 21 Sodium chlorate manufacturing employers in Georgia.

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta (29 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate ERCO Worldwide Valdosta
ERCO Worldwide Valdosta (29 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

ERCO Worldwide Valdosta has fewer employees than the Sodium chlorate manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · GA · Valdosta

418 Sodium chlorate manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 167 employers in Valdosta, 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 Albemarle US, Inc. - Kings Mountain 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR W.R. Grace East Chicago Indiana 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PeroxyChem - Bayport 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eco-services Baytown 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Valdosta TMC - 805 W. Savannah Ave. Valdosta, GA 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metro South - 119 Smith Street Jonesboro 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tifton Operating - 1010 Bruce Lane Tifton, GA 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bainbridge Operating - 308 Airport Rd. Bainbridge, GA 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Georgia Medical Center 2,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-0962 922 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ace Electric Inc. - All Establishments 886 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ace Electric Inc. 809 FTE
NAT-TCR BRD 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stanley Steemer Great Lakes Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bryce A Stuart Municipal Building 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Saddle Brook 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sterling Process Equipment & Services, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE GMD Shipyard 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milliken 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elementis Specialties Proctor WV 29 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.

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