Paint and varnish removers manufacturing · Tennessee

Damp-Rid

Memphis, TN · ~77 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Damp-Rid runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Paint and varnish removers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Damp-Rid: 3.3 TCR = 98% of Paint and varnish removers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Damp-Rid safety composite

Damp-Rid scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−5.3

2016→2022

Damp-Rid injury rate improved

Damp-Rid's TCR fell 5.3 from 7.9 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 98% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO US OH Grove City Pow…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US OH Grove City Powder Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Damp-Rid in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Damp-Rid averages 3.3 TCR (98% of the Paint and varnish removers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Damp-Rid TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=5 · 2021=4 · 2022=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Damp-Rid falls in its industry

530 Paint and varnish removers man establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Paint and varnish removers man employers in Tennessee.

Damp-Rid (77 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Damp-Rid
Damp-Rid (77 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Damp-Rid has more employees than the Paint and varnish removers manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2022 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2021 4.0 3.2 5 0 0
2020 5.0 3.7 4 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.9 5.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · TN · Memphis

530 Paint and varnish removers manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, 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 US OH Grove City Powder Plant 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prince Minerals LLC- Leesburg 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR US NC Statesville Plant 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Coatings Corporation 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bristol Tennessee Essential Services 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Foundation Specialists 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Porter Roofing Contractors Morrison, TN 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mid South Industrial, Inc. 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Pros Logistics Inc 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 2045-00024W 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6035 Hartwell RTS 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6015 Charleroi RTS 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maplewood Place 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Partners Warehouse Suppliers Services LLC 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenridge Place 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tamalpais Creek 77 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, 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.