Tobacco leaf processing and aging · Tennessee

Hail & Cotton, LLC

Springfield, TN · ~199 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hail & Cotton, LLC runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tobacco leaf processing and aging workplace, earning a grade B.

Hail & Cotton, LLC: 1.9 TCR = 57% of Tobacco leaf processing and aging BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hail & Cotton, LLC safety composite

Hail & Cotton, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.4

2020→2024

Hail & Cotton, LLC injury rate improved

Hail & Cotton, LLC's TCR fell 3.4 from 4.2 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.2 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312230 · Springfield, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO R.C. Owen Company
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~199 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R.C. Owen Company (0.1 TCR gap)

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Hail & Cotton, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hail & Cotton, LLC averages 1.9 TCR (57% of the Tobacco leaf processing and aging BLS benchmark).

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

Hail & Cotton, LLC TCR series: 2020=4.2 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Hail & Cotton, LLC falls in its industry

53 Tobacco leaf processing and ag establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Tobacco leaf processing and ag employers in Tennessee.

Hail & Cotton, LLC (199 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 2.1 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hail & Cotton, LLC
Hail & Cotton, LLC (199 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Hail & Cotton, LLC has more employees than the Tobacco leaf processing and aging median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2024 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2023 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2020 4.2 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312230 · TN · Springfield

53 Tobacco leaf processing and aging employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 50 employers in Springfield, 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 R.C. Owen Company 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taylor Brothers 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swedish Match 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gallatin Redrying and Storage Company 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Momentum Memphis (Eykon) 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Transport - 380 380SH 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE FedEx 3885 AIRWAYS BLVD 199 FTE
STATE-SIZE Human Services - Head Start 199 FTE
CITY-NEAR Electrolux Springfield Cooking Plant 2,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Martinrea 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 304 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tristar Northcrest Medical Center 361 FTE
NAT-TCR Dahlgren Enterprises, Inc 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlantic Aviation - CRQ 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Farmington ISD #192-Riverview Elementary 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Peoria 10133 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Middlebury 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milberger Landscaping Inc 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grove Gear 199 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nevada Amigo Office-GME 199 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: 2024, 2023, 2020. 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.