Lithium batteries, primary, manufacturing · Georgia

MD - SMG (Bldg 2)

Columbus, GA · ~34 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MD - SMG (Bldg 2) runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Lithium batteries, primary, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

MD - SMG (Bldg 2): 6.7 TCR = 202% of Lithium batteries, primary, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MD - SMG (Bldg 2) safety composite

MD - SMG (Bldg 2) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−4.4

2021→2024

MD - SMG (Bldg 2) injury rate improved

MD - SMG (Bldg 2)'s TCR fell 4.4 from 8.1 in 2021 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.1 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335912 · Columbus, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 202% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO US Battery
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Battery (0.4 TCR gap)

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MD - SMG (Bldg 2) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MD - SMG (Bldg 2) averages 6.7 TCR (202% of the Lithium batteries, primary, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

MD - SMG (Bldg 2) TCR series: 2021=8.1 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where MD - SMG (Bldg 2) falls in its industry

42 Lithium batteries, primary, ma establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Lithium batteries, primary, ma employers in Georgia.

MD - SMG (Bldg 2) (34 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 181 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate MD - SMG (Bldg 2)
MD - SMG (Bldg 2) (34 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 181 employees and a TCR of 2.0

MD - SMG (Bldg 2) has fewer employees than the Lithium batteries, primary, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2023 8.6 8.6 3 0 0
2022 6.1 3.1 2 0 0
2021 8.1 8.1 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335912 · GA · Columbus

42 Lithium batteries, primary, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 291 employers in Columbus, 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 US Battery 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portage Office 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brownstown Assembly 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rayovac - Fennimore 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Total Timberland Services LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Athens Business Office - 1001 Prince Ave. Athens 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Neese District Jackson EMC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE JACKSON EMC - NEESE 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR ST FRANCIS HEALTH LLC 2,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR Piedmont Columbus Midtown Hospital 1,890 FTE
CITY-NEAR P&W Columbus, Georgia Site (Main Campus) 1,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paul S Amos Campus 1,748 FTE
NAT-TCR Rabine Paving Texas 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR A&B Distributors Inc of Muskogee 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Unity Health - White County Med Center 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Valley West 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Superior Steel Products, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seafood Merchants, LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - GSO 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heat Treating Services Plant 3 South 34 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. 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.