Tea (except herbal) manufacturing · Georgia

Southern Tea LLC

Marietta, GA · ~179 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Tea LLC runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tea (except herbal) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Southern Tea LLC: 3.9 TCR = 95% of Tea (except herbal) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Tea LLC safety composite

Southern Tea LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−0.6

2016→2017

Southern Tea LLC injury rate improved

Southern Tea LLC's TCR fell 0.6 from 4.2 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311920 · Marietta, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 95% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK P37
  • PHOTO BH Coffee Company, L…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~179 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BH Coffee Company, LLC. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Southern Tea LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Tea LLC averages 3.9 TCR (95% of the Tea (except herbal) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Tea LLC TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=3.6 · BLS 4.1

Where Southern Tea LLC falls in its industry

169 Tea (except herbal) manufactur establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Southern Tea LLC (179 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Tea LLC
Southern Tea LLC (179 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Southern Tea LLC has more employees than the Tea (except herbal) manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 3.6 3.1 7 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311920 · GA · Marietta

169 Tea (except herbal) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 350 employers in Marietta, 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 BH Coffee Company, LLC. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cameron's Coffee and Distribution Company 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cometeer 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Black Rifle Coffee Company 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE AGLR Customer Care Center 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant D5 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE Store 1251 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE 011-00463 179 FTE
CITY-NEAR MARIETTA PACKERS 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR WellStar Kennestone Hospital 5,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US GA Marietta S Cobb Dr (1169) 5,310 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation Marietta Campus (1169) 5,205 FTE
NAT-TCR Woodward Printing Services/GIL Shopping News 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SS - Liverpool CSC 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Creek (Wiocr) 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Black River (Nybla) 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Shoreline Correctional Facility 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brooksville (Flbro) 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scs Mira Loma Ii - 4037 (Camlm) 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manor Care Health Services - Arlington 179 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.