Department stores, discount · Mississippi

Carthage Dirt Cheap

Name: Carthage Dirt Cheap Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Carthage, MS · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.4
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Carthage Dirt Cheap runs at 276% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Department stores, discount workplace, earning a grade F.

Carthage Dirt Cheap: 9.4 TCR = 276% of Department stores, discount BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carthage Dirt Cheap safety composite

Carthage Dirt Cheap scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−17.7

2021→2023

Carthage Dirt Cheap injury rate improved

Carthage Dirt Cheap's TCR fell 17.7 from 17.7 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=17.7 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Carthage, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 276% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #40/42
PHOTO Memphis Dirt Cheap
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Memphis Dirt Cheap (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.4
Memphis Dirt C

9.4
2449 - Waconia

9.4
DDs DISCOUNTS

9.4
0851 - Westrid

9.4

What this shows Carthage Dirt Cheap averages 9.4 TCR (276% of the Department stores, discount BLS benchmark).

Carthage Dirt Cheap TCR series: 2021=17.7 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Carthage Dirt Cheap falls in its industry

4,991 Department stores, discount establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 42 Department stores, discount employers in Mississippi.

Carthage Dirt Cheap (24 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Carthage Dirt Cheap has fewer employees than the Department stores, discount median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	10.5	10.5	1
2021	17.7	17.7	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · MS · Carthage

4,991 Department stores, discount employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 18 employers in Carthage, MS · 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	Memphis Dirt Cheap	MEMPHIS, TN	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2449 - Waconia	WACONIA, MN	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DDs DISCOUNTS Store 5218	FONTANA, CA	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	0851 - Westridge	PHOENIX, AZ	9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Laurel Office MPC3301	LAUREL	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paramount Construction Group, LLC	RIDGELAND	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nicholas Acoustics & Specialty Company, Inc.	JACKSON	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	L&T Construction, Inc	HERNANDO	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carthage Plant (Choctaw)	Carthage	1,534 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pearl River Foods LLC	Carthage	347 FTE
CITY-NEAR	305	Carthage	206 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 305	Carthage	195 FTE
NAT-TCR	North Salt Lake Terminal-NON DOT	North Salt Lake, UT	9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Village of Walden	Walden, NY	9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sundowner Insulation Company Inc.	Clovis, CA	9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Human Services Programs of Carroll County, Inc.	Westminster, MD	9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Fairview Dirt Cheap	Fairview, TN	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Half Price Movers	San Antonio, TX	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ganneston Construction Corp	Augusta, ME	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Paens1-E15-Ensign I Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	24 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.