Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers · Tennessee

540 New Salem Hwy

Murfreesboro, TN · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

540 New Salem Hwy runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

540 New Salem Hwy: 2.9 TCR = 134% of Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

540 New Salem Hwy safety composite

540 New Salem Hwy scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

540 New Salem Hwy: 2.2 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.24× in 2021

540 New Salem Hwy's TCR rose 1.5 from 2.2 in 2020 to 3.7 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · Murfreesboro, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.9 · 134% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #8/14
  • PHOTO RJ Walker Co Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RJ Walker Co Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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540 New Salem Hwy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 540 New Salem Hwy averages 2.9 TCR (134% of the Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

540 New Salem Hwy TCR series: 2020=2.2 · 2021=3.7 · BLS 2.2

Where 540 New Salem Hwy falls in its industry

853 Plumbing and Heating Equipment establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 14 Plumbing and Heating Equipment employers in Tennessee.

540 New Salem Hwy (40 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 540 New Salem Hwy
540 New Salem Hwy (40 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

540 New Salem Hwy has more employees than the Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Suppl median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2020 2.2 2.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · TN · Murfreesboro

853 Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 256 employers in Murfreesboro, TN · 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 RJ Walker Co Inc 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thomas Pipe and Supply 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferguson Enterprises LLC: VA Norfolk - 2555 Ellsmere Ave 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PACE Supply San Rafael Branch 4 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Moseley Bros. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2022 Milan Public Utilities 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milan Department of Public Utilities 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE MEC NEWLAND BRANCH 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Murfreesboro 2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR TNNAS16 ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD 1,984 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BNA3 1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BNA3 1,708 FTE
NAT-TCR 44611m - Richmond Dc 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR USCS- Laredo, TX (Island St.) 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fortis Solutions Group (Ellington) 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Hca-Wesley Medical Center Food 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lindenmeyr Mt Joy 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE 42361c - Toms River 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reagent Chemical - White Flyer - Webb City 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCT Chester 40 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.