Waxes, polishing (e.g., floor, furniture), manufacturing · Georgia

Zep Emerson

Emerson, GA · ~280 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zep Emerson runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Waxes, polishing (e.g., floor, furniture), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Zep Emerson: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Waxes, polishing (e.g., floor, furniture), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zep Emerson safety composite

Zep Emerson scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Zep Emerson: 1.5 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 2.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2021

Zep Emerson's TCR rose 0.5 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325612 · Emerson, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #8/12
  • PHOTO ENERGY SHIELD WINDOW…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~280 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ENERGY SHIELD WINDOW & DOOR COMPANY MAIN OFFICE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zep Emerson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zep Emerson averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Waxes, polishing (e.g., floor, furniture), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Zep Emerson TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2018=2.2 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Zep Emerson falls in its industry

143 Waxes, polishing (e.g., floor, establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 12 Waxes, polishing (e.g., floor, employers in Georgia.

Zep Emerson (280 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Zep Emerson
Zep Emerson (280 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Zep Emerson has more employees than the Waxes, polishing (e.g., floor, furniture median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2021 2.0 1.3 5 1 0
2020 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.2 1.3 6 1 0
2016 1.5 1.0 1 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325612 · GA · Emerson

143 Waxes, polishing (e.g., floor, furniture), manufacturing 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 ENERGY SHIELD WINDOW & DOOR COMPANY MAIN OFFICE 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Tranzonic Companies - NilOdor 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clorox Cleaning Products 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texwipe - Kernersville, NC 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE MAXAIR Mechanical 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwire North Campus 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trinity Freight Car NA, Inc. Plant 493 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2904-SAS-GA 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zep Inc. 415 FTE
NAT-TCR Fairfield Inn & Suites 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kraft Power Corporation - NJ 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR JR's Trucking 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 33 RCT Ft Worth 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wilhelm, LLC 280 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sensient Natural Ingredients, Turlock 280 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beckett 280 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yakima Valley School 280 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: 2021, 2020, 2018, 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.