Cutters, metal milling, manufacturing · Tennessee

GWS Tool LLC - TN

Nashville, TN · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GWS Tool LLC - TN runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cutters, metal milling, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

GWS Tool LLC - TN: 5.0 TCR = 150% of Cutters, metal milling, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GWS Tool LLC - TN safety composite

GWS Tool LLC - TN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−3.5

2022→2023

GWS Tool LLC - TN injury rate improved

GWS Tool LLC - TN's TCR fell 3.5 from 6.7 in 2022 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.7 · 2023=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · Nashville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 150% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Hydra-Lock Corporation
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hydra-Lock Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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GWS Tool LLC - TN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GWS Tool LLC - TN averages 5.0 TCR (150% of the Cutters, metal milling, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

GWS Tool LLC - TN TCR series: 2022=6.7 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where GWS Tool LLC - TN falls in its industry

221 Cutters, metal milling, manufa establishments

Safer than 17% 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 #6 safest of 6 Cutters, metal milling, manufa employers in Tennessee.

GWS Tool LLC - TN (53 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate GWS Tool LLC - TN
GWS Tool LLC - TN (53 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

GWS Tool LLC - TN has fewer employees than the Cutters, metal milling, manufacturing median and a higher 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
2023 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2022 6.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · TN · Nashville

221 Cutters, metal milling, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,187 employers in Nashville, 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 Hydra-Lock Corporation 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Contract Machining and Manufacture 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alliance CNC, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fineline Metal Fabricators Inc. 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Humboldt Utilities 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE SWEETWATER UTILITIES 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Savannah Office 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE GCC Construction 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parallon Enterprises, LLC 15,267 FTE
CITY-NEAR METROPOLITAN GOVT. OF NASHVILLE,& DAVIDSON COUNTY 10,278 FTE
CITY-NEAR METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 9,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR TriStar Centennial Medical Center 3,106 FTE
NAT-TCR 6340-VIKING-001020_US_S0432 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Everett Crs 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tigard Store 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MoA, Maint & Ops, Street Maintenance 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 9025-34 Conservation 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willow Gardens 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ennis (North) 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE L2 Construction Services LLC 53 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: 2023, 2022. 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.