Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) · Georgia

Lake Foods LLC

Name: Lake Foods LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hartwell, GA · ~436 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lake Foods LLC runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) workplace, earning a grade B.

Lake Foods LLC: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lake Foods LLC safety composite

Lake Foods LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Lake Foods LLC held a steady TCR band

Lake Foods LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.7 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.7 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Hartwell, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #31/67
PHOTO DG Foods, LLC Bastrop
BOOK 7y book
INJ 60 inj
SIZE ~436 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DG Foods, LLC Bastrop (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Lake Foods LLC averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) BLS benchmark).

Lake Foods LLC TCR series: 2017=2.7 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Lake Foods LLC falls in its industry

509 Chickens, processing, fresh, f establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 67 Chickens, processing, fresh, f employers in Georgia.

Lake Foods LLC (436 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Lake Foods LLC has fewer employees than the Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, can 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
2023	2.7	1.7	10	1
2022	2.5	2.3	12	0
2021	2.5	2.0	12	0
2020	3.3	2.5	7	2
2019	1.4	0.9	4	1
2018	2.4	2.4	7	2
2017	2.7	1.4	8	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · GA · Hartwell

509 Chickens, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked (except baby and pet food) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 27 employers in Hartwell, 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	DG Foods, LLC Bastrop	BASTROP, LA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alatrade - Albertville	ALBERTVILLE, AL	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Processing Plant	HATTIESBURG, MS	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Koch Foods (Further Processing) Plant	MORTON, MS	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WM 6854	LAGRANGE	436 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LOCATION 20003	ATLANTA	436 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gwinnett Women's Pavillion	LAWRENCEVILLE	436 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wild Adventures	VALDOSTA	436 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nestle Purina Pet Care	Hartwell	629 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1111	Hartwell	307 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1111	Hartwell	279 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nestle Purina PetCare - Hartwell	Hartwell	231 FTE
NAT-TCR	Parcels Inc.	Wilmington, DE	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Regele Builders, Inc.	New York, NY	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Heartland Wynne	Wynne, AR	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	SCA Performance, Inc.	Trussville, AL	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Aerospace : Fort Worth STR	Fort Worth, TX	436 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Zoetis LLC.	Charles City, IA	436 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Versailles Ky	Versailles, KY	436 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sandoz	Princeton, NJ	436 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.