Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals · Tennessee
Mastermelt
Sweetwater, TN · ~68 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Mastermelt runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals workplace, earning a grade D.
Mastermelt: 6.3 TCR = 190% of Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Mastermelt safety composite
Mastermelt scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% 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
−13.2
2016→2024
Mastermelt injury rate improved
Mastermelt's TCR fell 13.2 from 15.3 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=15.3 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=11.9 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331492 · Sweetwater, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 190% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #12/14
- PHOTO Material Sampling Te…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~68 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Material Sampling Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)
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Mastermelt in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Metalor Techno
Metalor Technologies Powders and Flakes
6.4 TCR
- This site
Mastermelt
6.3 TCR
- Gopher Resourc
Gopher Resource
6.3 TCR
- Material Sampl
Material Sampling Technologies
6.2 TCR
- Palmerton Faci
Palmerton Facility
6 TCR
What this shows Mastermelt averages 6.3 TCR (190% of the Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals BLS benchmark).
Mastermelt TCR series: 2016=15.3 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=11.9 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Mastermelt falls in its industry
132 Precious metals recovering fro establishmentsSafer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 14 Precious metals recovering fro employers in Tennessee.
Mastermelt has more employees than the Precious metals recovering from scrap an median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 15.3 | 1.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331492 · TN · Sweetwater
132 Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 28 employers in Sweetwater, 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 | Material Sampling Technologies | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gopher Resource | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Metalor Technologies Powders and Flakes | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Palmerton Facility | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (Lebanon) | 68 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Weakely County Municipal Electric System | 68 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Northern Middle TN Construction | 68 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AFS Nashville | 68 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SCHOTT Gemtron Corporation | 267 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 4166 | 241 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gemtron | 231 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4166 | 206 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Parkland Plastics | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Windsor of Lakewood Ranch Memory Care | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Newman Traffic Signs | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shelbyville | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Belstra Milling Company, Inc. | 68 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Karsyn Construction, Inc. | 68 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Beaumont Neches | 68 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Police - Criminal Investigation | 68 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.