Power equipment stores, outdoor · Georgia

Howard Brothers

Duluth, GA · ~44 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howard Brothers runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Power equipment stores, outdoor workplace, earning a grade D.

Howard Brothers: 4.2 TCR = 122% of Power equipment stores, outdoor BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howard Brothers safety composite

Howard Brothers scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2016→2024

Howard Brothers injury rate improved

Howard Brothers's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 60.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2018=60.7 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444210 · Duluth, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 122% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P50
  • PHOTO Store 5
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 5 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Howard Brothers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howard Brothers averages 4.2 TCR (122% of the Power equipment stores, outdoor BLS benchmark).

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

Howard Brothers TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2018=60.7 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=2.7 · 2022=7.4 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Howard Brothers falls in its industry

136 Power equipment stores, outdoo establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Howard Brothers (44 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 28 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Howard Brothers
Howard Brothers (44 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 28 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Howard Brothers has more employees than the Power equipment stores, outdoor median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 10.2 10.2 4 0 0
2022 7.4 2.5 3 0 0
2021 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2019 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 60.7 30.4 2 0 0
2016 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444210 · GA · Duluth

136 Power equipment stores, outdoor employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 203 employers in Duluth, 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 Store 5 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Martinsburg 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CVE - Derby 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Middlefield Farm and Garden Company 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 04564100-00W002 LOCAL BOUNTI CORPORATION-LOCAL BOUNTI CORPORATION 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Duluth Operating - 3825 Rogers Bridge Rd. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Albany Operating/TMC - 101 Georgia Power Rd. Albany, GA 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gainesboro Operating 2293 Skelton Rd Gainesville 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northside Duluth 1,352 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boehringer Ingelheim Duluth 1,327 FTE
CITY-NEAR BI Vet Medica 1,160 FTE
CITY-NEAR 123569-NORTH METRO GA P&DC 1,103 FTE
NAT-TCR Plainfield Site 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Store #27 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Savage Arms, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ChoreTime Decatur 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sam S. Smucker & Sons, Inc. Lancaster 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE John Jones Automotive Dealerships Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kennedy Painting LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gerali Custom Design, Inc. 44 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, 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.