Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant

Howard, PA · ~158 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant: 2.2 TCR = 68% of Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant safety composite

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.8

2016→2019

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant injury rate improved

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.7 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312112 · Howard, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 68% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #9/24
  • PHOTO Niagara Bottling, LL…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Niagara Bottling, LLC - Atlanta (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant averages 2.2 TCR (68% of the Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant falls in its industry

192 Beverages, naturally carbonate establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 24 Beverages, naturally carbonate employers in Pennsylvania.

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant (158 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant
The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant (158 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.6

The Coca-Cola Company - Howard, PA Plant has more employees than the Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019 1.9 1.9 3 0 0
2018 2.4 0.6 4 0 0
2017 1.8 1.2 3 0 0
2016 2.7 2.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312112 · PA · Howard

192 Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 4 employers in Howard, PA · 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 Niagara Bottling, LLC - Atlanta 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Poland Spring-Kingfield 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Niagara Bottling, LLC - Columbus 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hydration Source LLC #30 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pennsylvania Operation 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA Compression Partners Northeast 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE John F. Martin & Sons, LLC 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARYZTA - Hazleton 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Niagara Bottling, LLC - Milesburg 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milesburg 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR SUPERIOR PLUS - 3315 19 FTE
NAT-TCR ACI-HERZOG A Joint Venture 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jackson, Alabama Sawmill 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CECO Concrete : San Antonio 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AH Avera Sacred Heart 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cape Regency MA SNF LLC 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quik Pick Express, Carson 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE DH Seattle Management LLC dba Motif Seattle 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Worcester MA SNF LLC 158 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: 2019, 2018, 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.