Buffet eating places · Georgia

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta

Valdosta, GA · ~119 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta runs at 211% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buffet eating places workplace, earning a grade F.

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta: 6.3 TCR = 211% of Buffet eating places BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta safety composite

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta: 0.0 → 12.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 12.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta's TCR rose 12.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 12.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722514 · Valdosta, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 211% of ind

  • DART 12.7 DART
  • RANK #11/13
  • PHOTO Ole Times Country Bu…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ole Times Country Buffet- Tifton (0.5 TCR gap)

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Smok'n Pig- Valdosta in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smok'n Pig- Valdosta averages 6.3 TCR (211% of the Buffet eating places BLS benchmark).

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

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=12.7 · BLS 3.0

Where Smok'n Pig- Valdosta falls in its industry

31 Buffet eating places establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 13 Buffet eating places employers in Georgia.

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta (119 employees, TCR 6.3) among 10 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 11 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Golden Corral #778Golden Corral 2605JBLM - McChord Food ServicesShady Maple SmorgasbordGolden Corral 2464Bedford CountySchools Bedford County School Food SvcsGolden Corral 584Pinnacle ClubGolden Corral 590Golden Corral 751Smok'n Pig- Valdosta
Smok'n Pig- Valdosta (119 employees, TCR 6.3) among 10 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Smok'n Pig- Valdosta has more employees than the Buffet eating places median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2017 12.7 12.7 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722514 · GA · Valdosta

31 Buffet eating places employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 167 employers in Valdosta, 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 Ole Times Country Buffet- Tifton 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR New York Facebook 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Golden Corral 2464 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sweet Ann Cakes 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mann Mechanical 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE 060 Dublin 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Terrapin Beer Company-Athens 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kamps Pallets Atlanta Jonesboro 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Georgia Medical Center 2,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2807-0962 922 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ace Electric Inc. - All Establishments 886 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ace Electric Inc. 809 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of Wellsville LLC 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Twin Rivers Center 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR II - Central Islip CDC/CSC 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Baldwin (Wibal) 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Upf Wi 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0024 0069 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0024 0029 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yakima (Wayak) 119 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: 2017, 2016. 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.