Neon signs manufacturing · Tennessee

Frank Balton & Co., Inc

Memphis, TN · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Frank Balton & Co., Inc runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Neon signs manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Frank Balton & Co., Inc: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Neon signs manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Frank Balton & Co., Inc safety composite

Frank Balton & Co., Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−5.0

2017→2018

Frank Balton & Co., Inc injury rate improved

Frank Balton & Co., Inc's TCR fell 5.0 from 5.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339950 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/8
  • PHOTO SD02-DAKT-SOUTH DAKO…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SD02-DAKT-SOUTH DAKOTA SIOUX FALLS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Frank Balton & Co., Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Frank Balton & Co., Inc averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Neon signs manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Frank Balton & Co., Inc TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Frank Balton & Co., Inc falls in its industry

405 Neon signs manufacturing establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 8 Neon signs manufacturing employers in Tennessee.

Frank Balton & Co., Inc (33 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Frank Balton & Co., Inc
Frank Balton & Co., Inc (33 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Frank Balton & Co., Inc has fewer employees than the Neon signs manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339950 · TN · Memphis

405 Neon signs 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 SD02-DAKT-SOUTH DAKOTA SIOUX FALLS 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Luminous Neon, LLC-Hutch 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scott AG, LLC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acrylic Design Associates 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hamilton County WWTA (Water & Wastewater Treatment Authority) 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE JC Curtis Construction Co., LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE TDH Inc 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE ORION 33 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 Astoria Healthcare Group, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Food Coatings 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Armstrong Center for Medicine and Health 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5082 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rock Island Service Building Annex 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE KCP&L - Lee's Summit Service Center 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE MidAtlantic Construction GC 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. - Sharon 33 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: 2018, 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.