Cans, aluminum, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Tennessee

Bway Memphis

Memphis, TN · ~128 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bway Memphis runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cans, aluminum, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Bway Memphis: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Cans, aluminum, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bway Memphis safety composite

Bway Memphis scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−5.5

2019→2024

Bway Memphis injury rate improved

Bway Memphis's TCR fell 5.5 from 8.6 in 2019 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.6 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332431 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Independent Can Comp…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Independent Can Company-Belcamp, MD (0.1 TCR gap)

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Bway Memphis in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bway Memphis averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Cans, aluminum, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bway Memphis TCR series: 2019=8.6 · 2020=2 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Bway Memphis falls in its industry

217 Cans, aluminum, light gauge me establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Cans, aluminum, light gauge me employers in Tennessee.

Bway Memphis (128 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Bway Memphis
Bway Memphis (128 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Bway Memphis has more employees than the Cans, aluminum, light gauge metal, manuf median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 3.1 2.3 4 0 0
2023 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2022 2.5 1.9 4 0 0
2021 4.1 3.5 7 0 0
2020 2.0 1.3 3 0 0
2019 8.6 6.1 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332431 · TN · Memphis

217 Cans, aluminum, light gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, 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 Independent Can Company-Belcamp, MD 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CCL Container Hermitage 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ardagh Metal Beverage-Bishopville 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bway Chicago 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harlan Electric Main office 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE vonDrehle Memphis 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chattanooga Facility 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant Maintenance Service Corp. 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Sunset Plaza Hotel 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR LanzaJet 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR River Chase Village 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Summerhill Senior Living Community 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE CSA Construction Inc. 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spring River Christian Village 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arranta Bio 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE ALBANY 128 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.