Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

Gray Epperson Automotive

Cleveland, TN · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gray Epperson Automotive runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Gray Epperson Automotive: 1.2 TCR = 55% of Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gray Epperson Automotive safety composite

Gray Epperson Automotive scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.4

2020→2021

Gray Epperson Automotive injury rate improved

Gray Epperson Automotive's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.4 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.4 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Cleveland, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.2 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/27
  • PHOTO Parts Authority Pisc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parts Authority Piscataway (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gray Epperson Automotive in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gray Epperson Automotive averages 1.2 TCR (55% of the Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Gray Epperson Automotive TCR series: 2020=2.4 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Gray Epperson Automotive falls in its industry

950 Automotive parts, new, merchan establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 27 Automotive parts, new, merchan employers in Tennessee.

Gray Epperson Automotive (38 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Gray Epperson Automotive
Gray Epperson Automotive (38 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Gray Epperson Automotive has fewer employees than the Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · TN · Cleveland

950 Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 157 employers in Cleveland, 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 Parts Authority Piscataway 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADW Columbus 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3093 Keystone 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Coast Gear Supply 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Memphis 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Douglas Nashville 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.A. Fielden Co, Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Messer Construction - Knoxville, TN 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLEVELAND PACKERS 6,804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primary Care Cleveland 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool 1,544 FTE
NAT-TCR Cash Saver #4750 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR iPR Pharmaceuticals AZ Canovanas Site 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tcw, Inc Jackson 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Wyman Gordon : Telge 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nouryon, Pulp and Performance Chemicals 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Halme, Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE SCI Des Moines, LLC 38 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.