Filters, industrial and general line (except internal combustion engine, warm air furnace), manufacturing · Tennessee

Des-Case Corporation

Goodlettsville, TN · ~81 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des-Case Corporation runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Filters, industrial and general line (except internal combustion engine, warm air furnace), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Des-Case Corporation: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Filters, industrial and general line (except internal combustion engine, warm air furnace), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des-Case Corporation safety composite

Des-Case Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Des-Case Corporation held a steady TCR band

Des-Case Corporation's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.3 in 2017 to 1.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.3 · 2018=2.1 · 2020=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333999 · Goodlettsville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Sulzer ChemTech CTUS…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sulzer ChemTech CTUS - Tulsa (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des-Case Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des-Case Corporation averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Filters, industrial and general line (except internal combustion engine, warm air furnace), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Des-Case Corporation TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=2.1 · 2020=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Des-Case Corporation falls in its industry

242 Filters, industrial and genera establishments

Safer than 67% 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 #5 safest of 8 Filters, industrial and genera employers in Tennessee.

Des-Case Corporation (81 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Des-Case Corporation
Des-Case Corporation (81 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Des-Case Corporation has more employees than the Filters, industrial and general line (ex median and a lower 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
2020 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2018 2.1 0.0 2 0 0
2017 1.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333999 · TN · Goodlettsville

242 Filters, industrial and general line (except internal combustion engine, warm air furnace), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 46 employers in Goodlettsville, 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 Sulzer ChemTech CTUS - Tulsa 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CBG Biotech Ltd 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATC Automation 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PaR Shoreview 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alexander Metals Inc 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koorsen Fire & Security Nashville 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coca-Cola Bottling Work's Of Tullahoma, Inc. - Corporate 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apex Canvas Co LLC 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodlettsville Case Rdy Plant 1,994 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Divisions 776 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dollar General Walton KY DC 461 FTE
CITY-NEAR AWG, Nashville 370 FTE
NAT-TCR TX.DALLA.38 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Johnny Janosik Store 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Universal Staffing Solutions inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacobs - Live Oak - OMI 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Food Safety Net Services, Ltd. - San Antonio Lab 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Live Turkey - Springdale AR Ag Breeders 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boise Operations LLC 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fiesta # 17 81 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: 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.