Poultry Processing · Georgia

Koch Foods of Cumming

Name: Koch Foods of Cumming Workplace Safety Data
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Cumming, GA · ~1,000 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Koch Foods of Cumming runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Poultry Processing workplace, earning a grade A.

Koch Foods of Cumming: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Poultry Processing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Koch Foods of Cumming safety composite

Koch Foods of Cumming scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 54% 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

2016→2021

Koch Foods of Cumming injury rate improved

Koch Foods of Cumming's TCR fell 3.0 from 3.7 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Cumming, GA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK #15/67
PHOTO Mount Olive Processi…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 81 inj
SIZE ~1,000 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mount Olive Processing Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lewiston Plant

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What this shows Koch Foods of Cumming averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Poultry Processing BLS benchmark).

Koch Foods of Cumming TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Koch Foods of Cumming falls in its industry

509 Poultry Processing establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 67 Poultry Processing employers in Georgia.

Koch Foods of Cumming (1,000 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Koch Foods of Cumming has more employees than the Poultry Processing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021	0.7	0.3	6	2
2020	0.6	0.3	5	2
2019	1.3	1.1	14	1
2018	1.3	0.6	13	2
2017	1.9	1.3	17	4
2016	3.7	2.4	26	14

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · GA · Cumming

509 Poultry Processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 139 employers in Cumming, GA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Mount Olive Processing Plant	MOUNT OLIVE, NC	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Perry Plant	PERRY, GA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Case Farms Morganton Processing Plant	MORGANTON, NC	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lewiston Plant	LEWISTON WOODVILLE, NC	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Emory University Hospital - EUV	ATLANTA	1,002 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hitachi Astemo	MONROE	996 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MFG-Augusta, GA-USA	EVANS	1,006 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 6010	DOUGLAS	988 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northside Forsyth	Cumming	4,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northside Hospital Forsyth	Cumming	3,354 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cumming Plant	Cumming	1,173 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Koch Foods-Cumming	Cumming	1,138 FTE
NAT-TCR	Old Castle Building Envelope	Los Angeles, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arizona Office	Chandler, AZ	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Summit Assisted Living	Lynchburg, VA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	WH #8 and #12	Charlotte, NC	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Capital Regional Medical Center	Tallahassee, FL	1,000 FTE
NAT-SIZE	General Motors Rochester Operations	Rochester, NY	1,000 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southwest Behavioral Health Services, Inc.	Phoenix, AZ	1,000 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Canon U.S.A.,Inc., Melville, NY	Melville, NY	1,000 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: 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.