Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing · Mississippi

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant

Jackson, MS · ~78 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant runs at 316% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant: 10.4 TCR = 316% of Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant safety composite

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−15.8

2016→2022

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant injury rate improved

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant's TCR fell 15.8 from 21.4 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 21.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=21.4 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=18.3 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Jackson, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 316% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO mcavoy brick 2019
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: mcavoy brick 2019 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant averages 10.4 TCR (316% of the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant TCR series: 2016=21.4 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=18.3 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=5.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant falls in its industry

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf employers in Mississippi.

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant (78 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant
Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant (78 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Cherokee Brick & Tile Company, Tri-State Plant has more employees than the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2022 5.6 4.7 6 0 0
2021 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2020 3.5 2.3 3 0 0
2019 12.8 9.3 11 0 0
2018 18.3 13.4 14 1 0
2017 9.3 4.6 7 1 0
2016 21.4 10.0 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · MS · Jackson

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 260 employers in Jackson, MS · 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 mcavoy brick 2019 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Smith Brick Plant 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bigler plant 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florida Tile National Distribution Center 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sanderson Farms McComb Hatchery 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE JT Shannon Lumber Company, INC. 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scotch Plywood Company Waynesboro Division 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE F.F.M., Inc. 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital 2,937 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mississippi Baptist Medical Center 2,704 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Memorial Hospital - Mississippi Baptist Medical Center 2,566 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSJAC - JACKSON 1,458 FTE
NAT-TCR 053800 Orlando Warehouse 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-AA-MIA-MIAMI-MIA-TRML 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 254800-Jackson Po 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 474608-Kingston Po 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Relaince Community Care Partners 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stonerise Bridgeport 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henderson Engineering Co., Inc. 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vern Lewis Welding Supply Inc 78 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.