Breakfast cereals manufacturing · Georgia
General Mills Covington Site
Covington, GA · ~421 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Mills Covington Site runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Breakfast cereals manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
General Mills Covington Site: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Breakfast cereals manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Mills Covington Site safety composite
General Mills Covington Site scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
General Mills Covington Site: 1.7 → 3.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2024
General Mills Covington Site's TCR rose 1.8 from 1.7 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311230 · Covington, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK P47
- PHOTO Joplin Cereal Division
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 90 inj
- SIZE ~421 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Joplin Cereal Division (0.1 TCR gap)
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General Mills Covington Site in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Joplin Cereal
Joplin Cereal Division
3.2 TCR
- General Mills
General Mills Albuquerque
3.2 TCR
- General Mills
General Mills
3.2 TCR
- This site
General Mills Covington Site
3.1 TCR
- CTC
CTC
2.8 TCR
What this shows General Mills Covington Site averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Breakfast cereals manufacturing BLS benchmark).
General Mills Covington Site TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=1.2 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3
Where General Mills Covington Site falls in its industry
60 Breakfast cereals manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
General Mills Covington Site has more employees than the Breakfast cereals manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311230 · GA · Covington
60 Breakfast cereals manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 91 employers in Covington, 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 | Joplin Cereal Division | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Mills Albuquerque | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Mills | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CTC | 2.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Toto USA Morrow Plant | 421 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Global Industrial Co. - Buford, GA | 421 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fairburn (Oakley Industrial Blvd.) | 421 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chief Specialty Packaging | 422 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BD Covington GA | 840 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Piedmont Newton Hospital | 679 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | C.R. Bard COV Non-Ops | 664 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foodservice : COVINGTON | 447 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bodensteiner Implement Company Cresco Location | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JPW Riggers, Inc. | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crown Lift Trucks Greenbay | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Molex | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Holcomb Bus Service | 421 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Auburn Hills | 421 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | United Helpers Canton Nursing Home, Inc. dba Maplewood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center | 421 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trinity Plastics Inc. | 421 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.