Plate Work Manufacturing · Tennessee

Cupples J&J Dyersburg

Dyersburg, TN · ~68 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cupples J&J Dyersburg runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plate Work Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Cupples J&J Dyersburg: 6.7 TCR = 202% of Plate Work Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cupples J&J Dyersburg safety composite

Cupples J&J Dyersburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−0.6

2016→2021

Cupples J&J Dyersburg injury rate improved

Cupples J&J Dyersburg's TCR fell 0.6 from 6.9 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Dyersburg, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 202% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #15/18
  • PHOTO Steel-Fab, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Steel-Fab, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cupples J&J Dyersburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cupples J&J Dyersburg averages 6.7 TCR (202% of the 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 Dyersburg TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=11.6 · 2020=7.4 · 2021=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Cupples J&J Dyersburg falls in its industry

449 Plate Work Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #15 safest of 18 Plate Work Manufacturing employers in Tennessee.

Cupples J&J Dyersburg (68 employees, TCR 6.7) 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 Dyersburg
Cupples J&J Dyersburg (68 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Cupples J&J Dyersburg has more employees than the 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
2021 6.3 5.1 5 0 0
2020 7.4 7.4 5 0 0
2019 11.6 7.7 9 0 0
2018 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2016 6.9 4.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · TN · Dyersburg

449 Plate Work Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 64 employers in Dyersburg, 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 Steel-Fab, Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR R & J Metal Fabricators Inc. 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TrueNorth Steel- Huron 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florida Marine Tanks 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (Lebanon) 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weakely County Municipal Electric System 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Middle TN Construction 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE AFS Nashville 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR ERMCO COMPONENTS, INC. 2,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR ERMCO 1,304 FTE
CITY-NEAR NSK Steering Systems 569 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital 400 FTE
NAT-TCR Troy Grove Storage Station 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 2077-Us Dd Nw Charlotte Branch 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR MBK - Crystal Terrace 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR The Terraces of Roseville 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE ValleyInd Main 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Truck Funding 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE 42251c - Grand Rapids 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE 44511g - Greenville Dc 68 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.