Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing · Mississippi

H.M. Richards, Inc.

Name: H.M. Richards, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Guntown, MS · ~1,252 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

H.M. Richards, Inc. runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

H.M. Richards, Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

H.M. Richards, Inc. safety composite

H.M. Richards, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−0.9

2018→2024

H.M. Richards, Inc. injury rate improved

H.M. Richards, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.9 from 3.5 in 2018 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.5 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337121 · Guntown, MS AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #9/46
PHOTO LCI - 079
BOOK 7y book
INJ 192 inj
SIZE ~1,252 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LCI - 079 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.7
LCI - 079

2.7
Snyder Paper -

2.7
Heritage Home

2.7
Delta Furnitur

2.7

What this shows H.M. Richards, Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

H.M. Richards, Inc. TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where H.M. Richards, Inc. falls in its industry

300 Household-type furniture, upho establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 46 Household-type furniture, upho employers in Mississippi.

H.M. Richards, Inc. (1,252 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5

H.M. Richards, Inc. has more employees than the Household-type furniture, upholstered, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2024	2.6	2.0	27	1
2023	2.1	1.4	23	2
2022	2.8	2.3	32	1
2021	2.4	2.1	28	0
2020	2.1	1.3	22	0
2019	3.1	2.2	27	0
2018	3.5	2.1	33	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337121 · MS · Guntown

300 Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 7 employers in Guntown, MS · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	LCI - 079	ELKHART, IN	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Snyder Paper - Newton Cushion	CONOVER, NC	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heritage Home Group	LENOIR, NC	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Delta Furniture Manufacturing	PONTOTOC, MS	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Forest MS Complex	FOREST	1,260 FTE
STATE-SIZE	IP Casino Resort Spa	BILOXI	1,235 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gold Strike Casino Resort	ROBINSONVILLE	1,281 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sanderson Farms Collins Processing	COLLINS	1,209 FTE
CITY-NEAR	APMM	Guntown	514 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Fraser Guntown	Guntown	126 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Norbord Mississippi	Guntown	118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Northeast Branch	Guntown	66 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pilgrim's Pride Commerce Hatchery	Commerce, GA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Red Oak Excavating, Inc.	Red Oak, VA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Moody Corp	Zelienople, PA	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	USA Environmental, Inc	Oldsmar, FL	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	WBCT Terminal	San Pedro, CA	1,252 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elmhurst Community Unit School 205	Elmhurst, IL	1,252 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Medtronic MECC	Brooklyn Center, MN	1,252 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pelican Bay State Prison	Crescent City, CA	1,252 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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