Wire and Cable Manufacturing · Georgia
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant
Carrollton, GA · ~499 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Wire and Cable Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Wire and Cable Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant safety composite
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
67/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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
−3.0
2016→2024
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant injury rate improved
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant's TCR fell 3.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.0 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.7 · 2024=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Carrollton, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #7/9
- PHOTO General Cable Malvern
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 53 inj
- SIZE ~499 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: General Cable Malvern (0.0 TCR gap)
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Southwire Company Building Wire Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant
1.9 TCR
- General Cable
General Cable Malvern
1.9 TCR
- General Cable
General Cable - Marshall
1.8 TCR
- SARK WIRE CORP
SARK WIRE CORP GEORGIA
1.8 TCR
- Materion - Elm
Materion - Elmore
1.8 TCR
What this shows Southwire Company Building Wire Plant averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Wire and Cable Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.7 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3
Where Southwire Company Building Wire Plant falls in its industry
198 Wire and Cable Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Wire and Cable Manufacturing employers in Georgia.
Southwire Company Building Wire Plant has more employees than the Wire and Cable Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · GA · Carrollton
198 Wire and Cable Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 93 employers in Carrollton, 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 | General Cable Malvern | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Cable - Marshall | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SARK WIRE CORP GEORGIA | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Materion - Elmore | 1.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mineabea AccessSolutions USA, Inc | 499 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AZZ WSI LLC | 500 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ATL | 500 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Power Services : OSS - Onsite Services | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton | 2,124 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tanner Medical Center / Carrollton | 1,691 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Decostar | 912 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate | 847 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Titan Construction LLC | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Salisbury Soy Crushing | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Morgan at Provost Square | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | M1268 Gilpin Hall | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Las Vegas Manager LLC dba Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino | 499 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Riverside Miller Senior Life | 499 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Cloud Hospital | 499 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tropical Shipping USA LLC | 499 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.