Blood banks · Georgia

Shepeard Community Blood Center

Name: Shepeard Community Blood Center Workplace Safety Data
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Augusta, GA · ~93 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.7
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Shepeard Community Blood Center runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blood banks workplace, earning a grade D.

Shepeard Community Blood Center: 5.7 TCR = 149% of Blood banks BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shepeard Community Blood Center safety composite

Shepeard Community Blood Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

Shepeard Community Blood Center: 8.0 → 11.7 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2022

Shepeard Community Blood Center's TCR rose 3.7 from 8.0 in 2018 to 11.7 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Augusta, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 149% of ind

DART 5.2 DART
RANK #45/65
PHOTO Richmond 10524
BOOK 5y book
INJ 24 inj
SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Richmond 10524 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Richmond 10524

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5.7
Layton, UT-Bio

5.7
IASIOU-OPI-SIO

5.7

What this shows Shepeard Community Blood Center averages 5.7 TCR (149% of the Blood banks BLS benchmark).

Shepeard Community Blood Center TCR series: 2018=8 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=1.4 · 2022=11.7 · BLS 3.8

Where Shepeard Community Blood Center falls in its industry

1,713 Blood banks establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 65 Blood banks employers in Georgia.

Shepeard Community Blood Center (93 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Shepeard Community Blood Center has more employees than the Blood banks median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2022	11.7	5.2	8	1
2021	1.4	1.4	1	0
2020	1.9	1.0	2	0
2019	5.2	0.0	5	0
2018	8.0	4.0	8	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · GA · Augusta

1,713 Blood banks employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 373 employers in Augusta, 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	Richmond 10524	RICHMOND, VA	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vitalant TX San Angelo	SAN ANGELO, TX	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Layton, UT-BioLife	LAYTON, UT	5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	IASIOU-OPI-SIOUX CITY	SIOUX CITY, IA	5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	C & H INDUSTRIAL SERVICES	DALTON	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Benning Construction Company	ATLANTA	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corporate Headquarters	CARROLLTON	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Electric Company Inc	MARIETTA	93 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AUGUSTA COKE	Augusta	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AUGUSTA FOOD	Augusta	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AUGUSTA PACKERS	Augusta	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AU Medical Center, Inc.	Augusta	5,630 FTE
NAT-TCR	4598-Rtc Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Auto Truck Manufacturing	Huntington, IN	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jaru, Inc. - Flagler Center Blvd.	Jacksonville, FL	5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	1122 Reno Savers	Reno, NV	5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Yutsi M Hernandez	Wasco, CA	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Michigan UCI	Wixom, MI	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ST Engineering Hackney Inc.	Dalton, OH	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Virtua - Howard Blvd.	Mt. Laurel, NJ	93 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.