Blocks, fire clay, manufacturing · Texas
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian
Athens, TX · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blocks, fire clay, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Blocks, fire clay, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian safety composite
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
75/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% 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
−3.5
2017→2020
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian injury rate improved
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327120 · Athens, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #6/29
- PHOTO UST, dba Landmark Ce…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~27 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: UST, dba Landmark Ceramics (0.0 TCR gap)
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Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian
1.6 TCR
- UST, dba Landm
UST, dba Landmark Ceramics
1.6 TCR
- Allied Mineral
Allied Mineral Products - Anniston
1.6 TCR
- Meridian Brick
Meridian Bricks-Muskogee 120-Meridian
1.6 TCR
- Silicon Carbid
Silicon Carbide Products, Inc.
1.5 TCR
What this shows Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Blocks, fire clay, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=3 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian falls in its industry
307 Blocks, fire clay, manufacturi establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 29 Blocks, fire clay, manufacturi employers in Texas.
Meridian Brick-Athens Plant-Meridian has fewer employees than the Blocks, fire clay, manufacturing median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327120 · TX · Athens
307 Blocks, fire clay, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 44 employers in Athens, TX · 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 | UST, dba Landmark Ceramics | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Allied Mineral Products - Anniston | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Meridian Bricks-Muskogee 120-Meridian | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Silicon Carbide Products, Inc. | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | TLM - Tree Farm | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heifer Ranch @ Arroyo Seco | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dean Cluck Feedyard, Inc. | 27 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CanTex Feeders LP | 27 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Biomerics | 504 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Argon Medical Devices Inc. | 472 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UT Health Athens | 466 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Biomerics FMI | 453 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Energy Center Dover, LLC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Savannah Volkswagon | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Praxair Distribution Inc. Wilmington | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tyler Union - Oxford | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Overhead Door Company of Reading, Pa (Rowens Enterprises) | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Molnlycke Manufacturing US - SWC | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Royal Crown Beverage of Beaver Dam | 27 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Schilling Schu East | 27 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.