Name plate blanks, metal, manufacturing · Tennessee

Copelands Inc

Ooltewah, TN · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Copelands Inc runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Name plate blanks, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Copelands Inc: 6.3 TCR = 189% of Name plate blanks, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Copelands Inc safety composite

Copelands Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−5.1

2017→2023

Copelands Inc injury rate improved

Copelands Inc's TCR fell 5.1 from 9.7 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=10.7 · 2023=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Ooltewah, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 189% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/22
  • PHOTO AGC OR (LOC AGCOR1)
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AGC OR (LOC AGCOR1) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Copelands Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Copelands Inc averages 6.3 TCR (189% of the Name plate blanks, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Copelands Inc TCR series: 2017=9.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=10.7 · 2023=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Copelands Inc falls in its industry

827 Name plate blanks, metal, manu establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 22 Name plate blanks, metal, manu employers in Tennessee.

Copelands Inc (22 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Copelands Inc
Copelands Inc (22 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Copelands Inc has fewer employees than the Name plate blanks, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 10.7 0.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 9.7 9.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · TN · Ooltewah

827 Name plate blanks, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 39 employers in Ooltewah, 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 AGC OR (LOC AGCOR1) 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maumee Valley Fabricators, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aqua Contour Cutting, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PAC Strap 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tosh Pork Herrondale 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Longtown Supply Co. Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shelbyville Growout 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwest Tennessee EMC - Henderson 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Physical Therapy Collegedale 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Miller Industries Towing Equipment, Inc. 802 FTE
CITY-NEAR Miller Industries 649 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZECH 453 FTE
NAT-TCR VCNA United Materials, LLC 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Stellar Industries Hastings Plant Nebraska 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Minger Construction Companies Incorporated 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 068 Village of Channahon 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Basco Logging Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Airports 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9900 on Memorial Apartments 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winchester Warehouse 22 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, 2020, 2019, 2017. 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.