Cemetery memorial dealers (e.g., headstones, markers, vaults) · Georgia

Matthews Granite- Star / Elite

Elberton, GA · ~163 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Matthews Granite- Star / Elite runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cemetery memorial dealers (e.g., headstones, markers, vaults) workplace, earning a grade B.

Matthews Granite- Star / Elite: 2.6 TCR = 76% of Cemetery memorial dealers (e.g., headstones, markers, vaults) BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Matthews Granite- Star / Elite safety composite

Matthews Granite- Star / Elite scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−1.3

2019→2021

Matthews Granite- Star / Elite injury rate improved

Matthews Granite- Star / Elite's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.7 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.7 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453998 · Elberton, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 76% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK P70
  • PHOTO Custom Built Propert…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~163 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Custom Built Properties (0.1 TCR gap)

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Matthews Granite- Star / Elite in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Matthews Granite- Star / Elite averages 2.6 TCR (76% of the Cemetery memorial dealers (e.g., headstones, markers, vaults) BLS benchmark).

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

Matthews Granite- Star / Elite TCR series: 2019=3.7 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=2.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Matthews Granite- Star / Elite falls in its industry

67 Cemetery memorial dealers (e.g establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Matthews Granite- Star / Elite (163 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Matthews Granite- Star / Elite
Matthews Granite- Star / Elite (163 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Matthews Granite- Star / Elite has more employees than the Cemetery memorial dealers (e.g., headsto median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2021 2.4 1.8 4 0 0
2020 1.7 0.6 3 0 0
2019 3.7 1.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453998 · GA · Elberton

67 Cemetery memorial dealers (e.g., headstones, markers, vaults) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 27 employers in Elberton, GA · 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 Custom Built Properties 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ethos Wilkes Barre 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GBDC 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Image Supply, Inc 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Plant 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eton Plant 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beadles & Balfour, LLC - Thomasville 163 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1715 LOWE S OF CAMP CREEK GA 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pilgrims Pride Elberton 407 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pilgrims Elberton GA 316 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elbert Memorial Hospital 201 FTE
CITY-NEAR STAR GRANITE CO INC 168 FTE
NAT-TCR Des Moines, IA HVAC 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR PCH 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnkota Windows 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mollenberg-Betz Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Whitehall Specialties - Plant 2 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Qrs Center 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE US172: Philadelphia 544 - SG 163 FTE
NAT-SIZE Villa Pueblo Senior Living Community 163 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.