Automatic merchandising machine operators · Georgia

Vend Athens, Inc.

Name: Vend Athens, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Watkinsville, GA · ~90 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.0
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Vend Athens, Inc. runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automatic merchandising machine operators workplace, earning a grade D.

Vend Athens, Inc.: 5.0 TCR = 146% of Automatic merchandising machine operators BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vend Athens, Inc. safety composite

Vend Athens, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

2017→2018

Vend Athens, Inc. injury rate improved

Vend Athens, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.5 from 5.7 in 2017 to 4.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.7 · 2018=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454210 · Watkinsville, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 146% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #2/6
PHOTO EVERETT CRS
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EVERETT CRS (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Vend Athens, Inc. averages 5.0 TCR (146% of the Automatic merchandising machine operators BLS benchmark).

Vend Athens, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=4.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Vend Athens, Inc. falls in its industry

311 Automatic merchandising machin establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.1.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Automatic merchandising machin employers in Georgia.

Vend Athens, Inc. (90 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1

Vend Athens, Inc. has more employees than the Automatic merchandising machine operator median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.1. 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
2018	4.2	4.2	3	0	0
2017	5.7	1.9	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454210 · GA · Watkinsville

311 Automatic merchandising machine operators employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 18 employers in Watkinsville, GA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	EVERETT CRS	SEATTLE, WA	5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	All Brands Foods, Inc	HATTIESBURG, MS	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	West Dairy Vending, Inc.	SPRING CITY, PA	4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MG Foods FL	MELBOURNE, FL	5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Structor Group, Inc.	SMYRNA	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MetroPower Inc BR 2, 8 & 85	TUCKER	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Safe Aire Heating and Cooling Company, Inc.	ALBANY	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Daybreak Industrial Inc	GLENVILLE	90 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Industrial Mechanical, Inc.	Watkinsville	196 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Store 0617	Watkinsville	193 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Watkinsville AmeriPride Services, Inc.	Watkinsville	162 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VALVE & ACTUATION SERVICES LLC, DBA CHALMERS & KUBECK SOUTH	Watkinsville	136 FTE
NAT-TCR	Holland - YT	North Lima, OH	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Alliance (Neall)	Alliance, NE	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Senior Care of Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi, TX	5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cold Storage	Redmond, WA	5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Carry-On Trailer Corporation	Missouri Valley, IA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Clover Technologies Group, LLC - Ithaca Union	Ithaca, MI	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Isle at Watermere Southlake	Southlake, TX	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ripley's Believe It Or Not - St. Augustine, FL	St. Augustine, FL	90 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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