Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing · Tennessee
General Shale Spring City
Spring City, TN · ~93 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Shale Spring City runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
General Shale Spring City: 6.6 TCR = 199% of Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Shale Spring City safety composite
General Shale Spring City scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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
−5.1
2016→2024
General Shale Spring City injury rate improved
General Shale Spring City's TCR fell 5.1 from 11.4 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.4 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=10.0 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=6.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327120 · Spring City, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 199% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #20/24
- PHOTO Harbison Walker Inte…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 57 inj
- SIZE ~93 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Harbison Walker International Windham (0.0 TCR gap)
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General Shale Spring City in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Dynamic Cerami
Dynamic Ceramics
6.7 TCR
- This site
General Shale Spring City
6.6 TCR
- Harbison Walke
Harbison Walker International Windham
6.6 TCR
- Montgomery Bri
Montgomery Brick Plant
6.6 TCR
- Red River Bric
Red River Brick Mineral Wells West
6.5 TCR
What this shows General Shale Spring City averages 6.6 TCR (199% of the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
General Shale Spring City TCR series: 2016=11.4 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=4 · 2022=10 · 2023=5 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.3
Where General Shale Spring City falls in its industry
307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 24 Bricks (i.e., common, face, gl employers in Tennessee.
General Shale Spring City has more employees than the Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, holl median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.4 | 7.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327120 · TN · Spring City
307 Bricks (i.e., common, face, glazed, hollow, vitrified), clay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 7 employers in Spring City, 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 | Harbison Walker International Windham | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Red River Brick Mineral Wells West | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Montgomery Brick Plant | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dynamic Ceramics | 6.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Aerostar SES LLC | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Healthcare | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Constructors, Inc | 93 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Acuff Enterprises, Inc | 93 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Maintenance | 325 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | United TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station SGRP | 169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Huber Engineered Woods LLC | 154 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Watts Bar Nuclear Gnerating Station _SGRP | 101 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Roxboro | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ServiceMaster DSI - Springfield, MO | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kenney Manufacturing Company | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crown Lift Trucks Lexington | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Stockmen's Hotel and Casino LLC | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Glen Ridge Health Campus | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Columbus Brick Company | 93 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rusken Packaging Harrisburg | 93 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.