Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing · Georgia
Polar Southern Bottling
Fitzgerald, GA · ~225 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Polar Southern Bottling runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Polar Southern Bottling: 2.9 TCR = 89% of Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Polar Southern Bottling safety composite
Polar Southern Bottling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.93 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% 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
−0.5
2020→2024
Polar Southern Bottling injury rate improved
Polar Southern Bottling's TCR fell 0.5 from 3.2 in 2020 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=3.2 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 312111 · Fitzgerald, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 89% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #12/16
- PHOTO Cold Spring Brewing …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 36 inj
- SIZE ~225 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cold Spring Brewing Company Suite F (0.0 TCR gap)
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Polar Southern Bottling in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Polar Southbri
Polar Southbridge St
3 TCR
- Carolina Bever
Carolina Beverage Group Fort Worth Location
3 TCR
- This site
Polar Southern Bottling
2.9 TCR
- Cold Spring Br
Cold Spring Brewing Company Suite F
2.9 TCR
- CCNA L.V. Syru
CCNA L.V. Syrup Plant
2.9 TCR
What this shows Polar Southern Bottling averages 2.9 TCR (89% of the Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Polar Southern Bottling TCR series: 2020=3.2 · 2021=3 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Polar Southern Bottling falls in its industry
516 Beverages, soft drink (includi establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Beverages, soft drink (includi employers in Georgia.
Polar Southern Bottling has more employees than the Beverages, soft drink (including artific median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
312111 · GA · Fitzgerald
516 Beverages, soft drink (including artificially carbonated waters), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 29 employers in Fitzgerald, 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 | Cold Spring Brewing Company Suite F | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CCNA L.V. Syrup Plant | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Polar Southbridge St | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carolina Beverage Group Fort Worth Location | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate Jackson EMC | 225 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brooks-Berry-Haynie & Associates | 225 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ELITE FLOORING AND DESIGN INC | 225 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chatsworth Samples | 225 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Blanching Co | 324 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 686 | 274 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dorminy Medical Center | 271 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 686 | 265 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Amy's Kitchen, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arsenal Scaffold Inc | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | St Paul Hampton Inn & Suites | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stockton 244 | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Newark Liberty Internal Airport Marriott | 225 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10321 McEwen | 225 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 10180 Kentlands | 225 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NHC Place at The Trace | 225 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.