Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · Tennessee

Metal Prep Memphis

Memphis, TN · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Prep Memphis runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers workplace, earning a grade D.

Metal Prep Memphis: 5.3 TCR = 162% of Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Prep Memphis safety composite

Metal Prep Memphis scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Metal Prep Memphis: 4.4 → 10.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 10.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.58× in 2018

Metal Prep Memphis's TCR rose 5.8 from 4.4 in 2016 to 10.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 162% of ind

  • DART 8.5 DART
  • RANK #10/15
  • PHOTO RIE Coatings Corporate
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RIE Coatings Corporate (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Prep Memphis in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Prep Memphis averages 5.3 TCR (162% of the Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers BLS benchmark).

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

Metal Prep Memphis TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=10.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Prep Memphis falls in its industry

646 Metal Coating, Engraving (exce establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 15 Metal Coating, Engraving (exce employers in Tennessee.

Metal Prep Memphis (48 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal Prep Memphis
Metal Prep Memphis (48 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Metal Prep Memphis has fewer employees than the Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2018 10.2 8.5 6 0 0
2017 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.4 4.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · TN · Memphis

646 Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, 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 RIE Coatings Corporate 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Matlab - Ramseur 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ranews AIC Waterloo 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR R & R Powder Coating, Inc. 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bolivar Energy Authority 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Department 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jefferson Cocke County Utility District 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chattanooga Service Center 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Tmx2073 - Springfield Il 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1011 - BELFOR Chicago West IL 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kona Package Center (Hikon) 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Denison Center (Iadsn) 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-ILM-WILMINGTON-PD 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5130 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5161 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Penske : 4163-00 Delphi/Los Indios, TX 48 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.