Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing · Tennessee

Bates Rubber

Lobelville, TN · ~228 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bates Rubber runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Bates Rubber: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bates Rubber safety composite

Bates Rubber scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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)
C 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−3.5

2016→2020

Bates Rubber injury rate improved

Bates Rubber's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Lobelville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO RD Rubber Technology…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~228 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RD Rubber Technology Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bates Rubber in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bates Rubber averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bates Rubber TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Bates Rubber falls in its industry

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut employers in Tennessee.

Bates Rubber (228 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Bates Rubber
Bates Rubber (228 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Bates Rubber has more employees than the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goo median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.2 1.1 5 1 0
2018 2.6 1.3 7 1 0
2017 3.0 1.5 10 0 0
2016 3.5 1.4 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · TN · Lobelville

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee 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 RD Rubber Technology Corporation 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prospira America Corporation 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7-SIGMA Incorporated 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elbex Corp. 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE BOSK FORD 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nichirin Tennssee INC. 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jasper TN 228 FTE
STATE-SIZE Intermodal Cartage Co - Memphis 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR Reliable Products, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-TCR Inland Label and Marketing Services, LLC - West Ave. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia Our Lady of Angels Convent 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Touchstone Fine Cabinetry 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TIMET- Morgantown 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arhauss LLC - Corporate Logistics & Out of State 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE West St Paul ISD #197-Henry Sibley High School 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Drylock Technologies 228 FTE
NAT-SIZE Achievement House, Inc. 228 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.