Employer · Georgia

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools

Valdosta, GA · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools: 8.1 TCR = 180% of industry BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools safety composite

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−3.0

2023→2024

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools injury rate improved

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools's TCR fell 3.0 from 9.6 in 2023 to 6.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=9.6 · 2024=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561720 · Valdosta, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.1 · 180% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #130/149
  • PHOTO The DM Burr Group - …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The DM Burr Group - Brandon Schools (0.0 TCR gap)

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HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools averages 8.1 TCR (180% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools TCR series: 2023=9.6 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 4.5

Where HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools falls in its industry

4,064 industry establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #130 safest of 149 industry employers in Georgia.

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools (43 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools
HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools (43 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2

HES K12 at Lowndes County Schools has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2023 9.6 4.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561720 · GA · Valdosta

4,064 industry 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 The DM Burr Group - Brandon Schools 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT AH HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER ES 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Los Cerritos Center 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PAOLINI & COMPANY INC. 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vickers Farms 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stephens County Hatchery 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE B.C.T. Gin Co.,Inc. 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant McIntosh (Steam) 43 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 Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Ocala 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Trump International Hotel Las Vegas 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenridge Waste Services, LLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0202 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northside Millwork, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windsor Ct 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Place 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE CBSI Baltimore 43 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. 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.