Photovoltaic devices, solid-state, manufacturing · Georgia

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc.

Dalton, GA · ~958 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Photovoltaic devices, solid-state, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Photovoltaic devices, solid-state, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. safety composite

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc.: 1.3 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2024

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.6 from 1.3 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334413 · Dalton, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK P5
  • PHOTO NXP ATMC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 126 inj
  • SIZE ~958 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NXP ATMC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Photovoltaic devices, solid-state, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. TCR series: 2019=1.3 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. falls in its industry

437 Photovoltaic devices, solid-st establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. (958 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc.
Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. (958 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. has more employees than the Photovoltaic devices, solid-state, manuf median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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 1.9 1.7 40 0 0
2023 0.8 0.7 24 0 0
2022 1.5 1.3 12 0 0
2021 7.4 7.3 23 38 0
2020 9.7 9.5 20 24 0
2019 1.3 1.2 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334413 · GA · Dalton

437 Photovoltaic devices, solid-state, manufacturing 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 NXP ATMC 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Analog Devices Hillview Fab 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 280 Great Valley Parkway 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR R&D Altanova 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE GA484 Savannah River Tissue 959 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc 957 FTE
STATE-SIZE Florida Concrete Services 960 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : MGE3 954 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 Medical Products Laboratories, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Middletown 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bison Transport USA - Des Moines 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR West Babylon 133 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - JAX3 958 FTE
NAT-SIZE Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital 958 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Bernardino Justice Center 958 FTE
NAT-SIZE 836 - EFC5 Plainfield, IN 958 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. 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.