Special Warehousing and Storage, NEC · Georgia

USA GA Buford DSC

Buford, GA · ~225 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USA GA Buford DSC runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Special Warehousing and Storage, NEC workplace, earning a grade A.

USA GA Buford DSC: 1.4 TCR = 24% of Special Warehousing and Storage, NEC BLS 5.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USA GA Buford DSC safety composite

USA GA Buford DSC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−0.5

2020→2024

USA GA Buford DSC injury rate improved

USA GA Buford DSC's TCR fell 0.5 from 0.9 in 2020 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.9 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Buford, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #117/506
  • PHOTO Deluxe Freight, LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~225 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Deluxe Freight, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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USA GA Buford DSC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USA GA Buford DSC averages 1.4 TCR (24% of the Special Warehousing and Storage, NEC BLS benchmark).

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

USA GA Buford DSC TCR series: 2020=0.9 · 2021=1 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 5.8

Where USA GA Buford DSC falls in its industry

9,477 Special Warehousing and Storag establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #117 safest of 506 Special Warehousing and Storag employers in Georgia.

USA GA Buford DSC (225 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate USA GA Buford DSC
USA GA Buford DSC (225 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

USA GA Buford DSC has more employees than the Special Warehousing and Storage, NEC median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2023 2.2 1.3 5 0 0
2022 2.3 0.9 5 0 0
2021 1.0 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.9 0.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · GA · Buford

9,477 Special Warehousing and Storage, NEC employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 164 employers in Buford, 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 Deluxe Freight, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 60562 - CAPSTONE SYSCO CENTRAL 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR INTERFACE FLOR LLC - WAREHOUSE 19 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 15333 Hempstead Highway Houston TX 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corporate Jackson EMC 225 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brooks-Berry-Haynie & Associates 225 FTE
STATE-SIZE ELITE FLOORING AND DESIGN INC 225 FTE
STATE-SIZE Polar Southern Bottling 225 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tech Systems, Inc 478 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elringklinger USA, Inc. 473 FTE
CITY-NEAR GAORD - BUFORD CENTER 447 FTE
CITY-NEAR Georgia Branch 428 FTE
NAT-TCR Signature Metal and Marble Maintenance, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Croix of Park Falls, LTD 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Aec Boe Ops 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bloomsdale Excavating Co., Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0540 New York 225 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cavalier Homes of NC 225 FTE
NAT-SIZE CTS Construction 225 FTE
NAT-SIZE Uniweld Products Inc 225 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. 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.