Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing · Tennessee
General Shale Piney Flats
Piney Flats, TN · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Shale Piney Flats runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
General Shale Piney Flats: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Shale Piney Flats safety composite
General Shale Piney Flats scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% 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%).
Rising injury rate
General Shale Piney Flats: 1.6 → 6.7 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2018
General Shale Piney Flats's TCR rose 5.1 from 1.6 in 2016 to 6.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327331 · Piney Flats, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK #9/10
- PHOTO Pavestone - DENB
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~57 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pavestone - DENB (0.0 TCR gap)
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General Shale Piney Flats in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
General Shale Piney Flats
6.2 TCR
- Pavestone - DE
Pavestone - DENB
6.2 TCR
- Midwest Block
Midwest Block - SGFB
6.2 TCR
- Basalite Tracy
Basalite Tracy
6.2 TCR
- Barnes & Cone
Barnes & Cone Inc.
6.2 TCR
What this shows General Shale Piney Flats averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
General Shale Piney Flats TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=10.3 · 2018=6.7 · BLS 3.3
Where General Shale Piney Flats falls in its industry
321 Blocks, concrete and cinder, m establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Blocks, concrete and cinder, m employers in Tennessee.
General Shale Piney Flats has more employees than the Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.3 | 6.8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327331 · TN · Piney Flats
321 Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 26 employers in Piney Flats, 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 | Pavestone - DENB | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Midwest Block - SGFB | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Basalite Tracy | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Barnes & Cone Inc. | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Middle TN Electric Membership Corporation (Downtown) | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Christman Company - Knoxville, TN | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawkins Asphalt Paving Main Office | 57 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Concrete Polishing Technologies, Inc. | 57 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HSN Piney Flats | 878 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HSN Piney Flats TN | 587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bell - BHT Piney Flats | 414 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bell Helicopter Piney Flats | 392 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Schuyler Ridge | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Elmsford (Nyelf) | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hugo (Okhug) | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Front Royal (Vafro) | 6.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | New Athens Home for the Aged | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baillie Lumber Booneville Sawmill | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4113-41131003-R19 | 57 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | General Beer Northeast Central | 57 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.