Fabricated plate work manufacturing · Tennessee

Cupples J & J Co. Inc

Jackson, TN · ~237 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cupples J & J Co. Inc runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated plate work manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cupples J & J Co. Inc: 5.8 TCR = 177% of Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cupples J & J Co. Inc safety composite

Cupples J & J Co. Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−2.8

2023→2024

Cupples J & J Co. Inc injury rate improved

Cupples J & J Co. Inc's TCR fell 2.8 from 7.3 in 2023 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.3 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Jackson, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 177% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #14/18
  • PHOTO Bloomer Machine & Fa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~237 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bloomer Machine & Fab Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cupples J & J Co. Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cupples J & J Co. Inc averages 5.8 TCR (177% of the Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cupples J & J Co. Inc TCR series: 2023=7.3 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Cupples J & J Co. Inc falls in its industry

449 Fabricated plate work manufact establishments

Safer than 31% 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 #14 safest of 18 Fabricated plate work manufact employers in Tennessee.

Cupples J & J Co. Inc (237 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 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 Cupples J & J Co. Inc
Cupples J & J Co. Inc (237 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Cupples J & J Co. Inc has more employees than the Fabricated plate work 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
2024 4.4 4.0 11 0 0
2023 7.3 6.9 18 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · TN · Jackson

449 Fabricated plate work manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 233 employers in Jackson, 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 Bloomer Machine & Fab Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fabricated Metal Products 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LaserForm 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Stamping and Metal Works Tomah 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bell & Associates Construction, LLC 237 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jones Plastic & Engineering d/b/a Camden Plastics 237 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wegmann Automotive USA, Inc - TN 237 FTE
STATE-SIZE Associated Packaging INC 237 FTE
CITY-NEAR JACKSON MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL 4,844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jackson Manufacturing Facility - KNA 1,210 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Faucet Company of Tennessee 1,125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Jackson 1,046 FTE
NAT-TCR Commonwealth Harrisonburg 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Catholic Eldercare 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Concord Food Cooperative 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Metal Surfaces International 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE ThedaCare Medical Center New London 237 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACA-Ohio 237 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bettenhausen Motor Sales, Inc 237 FTE
NAT-SIZE Covi Concrete Construction 237 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. 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.