Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Tennessee

M.E. Industries, Inc.

Algood, TN · ~21 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

M.E. Industries, Inc. runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

M.E. Industries, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

M.E. Industries, Inc. safety composite

M.E. Industries, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−8.4

2016→2024

M.E. Industries, Inc. injury rate improved

M.E. Industries, Inc.'s TCR fell 8.4 from 8.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.4 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Algood, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO J. L. Houston Co.
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J. L. Houston Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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M.E. Industries, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows M.E. Industries, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

M.E. Industries, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.4 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where M.E. Industries, Inc. falls in its industry

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 8 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal employers in Tennessee.

M.E. Industries, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate M.E. Industries, Inc.
M.E. Industries, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

M.E. Industries, Inc. has fewer employees than the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.2 0.0 1 0 1
2017 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2016 8.4 8.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · TN · Algood

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 7 employers in Algood, 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 J. L. Houston Co. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Onken's Inc - Easton 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forum Energy Technologies - Guthrie 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tarsco Bolted Tank 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE SOUTH TEXAS FARM 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenpoint Ag- Gin & Warehouse 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Johnson Pest Control, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Obion County Growout 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5175 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5175 330 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pacesetters, Inc. 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR CJE 38 FTE
NAT-TCR OMA 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DMAX, Ltd. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Prescott's Inc 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Forest City - Fire Department 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE UTS Maritime Services, LLC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Karnak Midwest LLC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tucker Fletcher 21 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, 2017, 2016. 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.