Cotton ginning · Georgia

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC

Climax, GA · ~50 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cotton ginning workplace, earning a grade B.

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC: 2.6 TCR = 59% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC safety composite

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−1.5

2016→2024

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC injury rate improved

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115111 · Climax, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/20
  • PHOTO Rickenbaker Gin Inc
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rickenbaker Gin Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC averages 2.6 TCR (59% of the Cotton ginning BLS benchmark).

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

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=5.2 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC falls in its industry

194 Cotton ginning establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 20 Cotton ginning employers in Georgia.

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC (50 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 102030405060 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC
Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC (50 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Sowega Cotton Gin & Warehouse, LLC has more employees than the Cotton ginning median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2021 5.8 0.0 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.1 3.5 4 0 0
2018 5.2 2.6 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115111 · GA · Climax

194 Cotton ginning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 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 Rickenbaker Gin Inc 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Humphrey Coker Seed Company Inc 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bernie Farmers Gin Holdings, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Birome Gin Company, Inc. 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbus Customer Service - 1112 Veteran's Parkway Columbus, GA 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE AGLC Savannah Service Center 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE ATL1-DWH-ATLANTA DIVISION 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE HJR PROGRAM MGMT 50 FTE
NAT-TCR Snoyer Signs LLC dba Big Visual Group 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Blair Rubber Company 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 1188 - Warwick Route 2 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Country Electric Cooperative 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kositch Enterprises, Inc 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ib Dickinson & Sons, Inc 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rage Plastics Altavista LLC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Classic Lawn & Landscape, INC. 50 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.