Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade · Tennessee

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage

Name: J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Carthage, TN · ~94 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage safety composite

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−4.3

2022→2024

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage injury rate improved

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage's TCR fell 4.3 from 5.3 in 2022 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.3 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Carthage, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK #2/6
PHOTO KC Jones Brazing
BOOK 3y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~94 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KC Jones Brazing (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage TCR series: 2022=5.3 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage falls in its industry

248 Brazing (i.e., hardening) meta establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Brazing (i.e., hardening) meta employers in Tennessee.

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage (94 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage has more employees than the Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and met median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2024	1.0	1.0	1
2023	2.5	0.8	3
2022	5.3	4.3	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · TN · Carthage

248 Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 21 employers in Carthage, TN · 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	KC Jones Brazing	WARREN, MI	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Metal Improvement Company LLC	LIVERMORE, CA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2	NORTHLAKE, IL	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dowa THT America, Inc.	BOWLING GREEN, OH	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Harpeth Valley Utilities District	NASHVILLE	94 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SOS-Construction Services	FRANKLIN	94 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Acuff Enterprises, Inc	CORDOVA	94 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Long Foundation Drilling Co.	NASHVILLE	94 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bonnell Aluminum	Carthage	631 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bonnell Aluminum, Inc. - Carthage	Carthage	485 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Riverview Medical Center	Carthage	194 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 568	Carthage	192 FTE
NAT-TCR	F.M. Kitchens Construction Services LLC	Jefferson, GA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	288 - Owensboro KY	Owensboro, KY	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	PHS West, LLC	Rockford, MN	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	One Workplace	Santa Clara, CA	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Willimantic Waste Paper CO., INC	Windham, CT	94 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bear Mountain at Sudbury	Sudbury, MA	94 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Shelly Materials, Inc. - Smith Concrete	Dover, OH	94 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pike Gas Services, LLC Florida Statewide Operations	Mount Airy, NC	94 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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