Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing · Georgia

NGC - Atlanta Plant

Duluth, GA · ~58 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NGC - Atlanta Plant runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

NGC - Atlanta Plant: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NGC - Atlanta Plant safety composite

NGC - Atlanta Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Rising injury rate

NGC - Atlanta Plant: 0.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

NGC - Atlanta Plant's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327420 · Duluth, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/12
  • PHOTO Armstrong World Indu…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Armstrong World Industries- Macon Ceiling Tile Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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NGC - Atlanta Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NGC - Atlanta Plant averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

NGC - Atlanta Plant TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where NGC - Atlanta Plant falls in its industry

123 Joint compounds, gypsum based, establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Joint compounds, gypsum based, employers in Georgia.

NGC - Atlanta Plant (58 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate NGC - Atlanta Plant
NGC - Atlanta Plant (58 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3

NGC - Atlanta Plant has fewer employees than the Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2020 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.8 0.0 2 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327420 · GA · Duluth

123 Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing 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 Armstrong World Industries- Macon Ceiling Tile Plant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR OK057 Fletcher Gypsum 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PABCO Gypsum - Las Vegas 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGC- Medicine Lodge 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms Adel Hatchery 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chick Hatchery 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valdosta Operating/Fleet - 200 Miller Street Valdosta 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Rivers Energy an Electric Membership Corporation, Inc. 58 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 Mesa Operations Center 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Iacoun-Opi-Council Bluffs 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Too Good 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE CA Facility 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE THERMCRAFT 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSA Pacific @ The Port of Stockton 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Div. 173 58 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.