Waterproofing contractors · Tennessee

Mid-South Specialties, Inc.

Memphis, TN · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Mid-South Specialties, Inc. runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waterproofing contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Mid-South Specialties, Inc.: 4.9 TCR = 174% of Waterproofing contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mid-South Specialties, Inc. safety composite

Mid-South Specialties, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 0% 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%).

Mid-South Specialties, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Mid-South Specialties, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 7.3 in 2018 to 7.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238390 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 174% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Straightline Sheet M…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Straightline Sheet Metal LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mid-South Specialties, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mid-South Specialties, Inc. averages 4.9 TCR (174% of the Waterproofing contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Mid-South Specialties, Inc. TCR series: 2018=7.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Mid-South Specialties, Inc. falls in its industry

403 Waterproofing contractors establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Waterproofing contractors employers in Tennessee.

Mid-South Specialties, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Mid-South Specialties, Inc.
Mid-South Specialties, Inc. (28 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Mid-South Specialties, Inc. has fewer employees than the Waterproofing contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 7.3 7.3 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.3 3.6 2 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238390 · TN · Memphis

403 Waterproofing contractors 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 Straightline Sheet Metal LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ServiceWorx LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colonial Systems 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HUFCOR Midwest 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE K&K Tobacco Farms LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tosh Pork Martin 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCEMC Livingston 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lashlee-Rich, Inc. 28 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 Goodwill New Philadelphia Store 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR B & G Foods, Inc. - Hurlock 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Medspeed Austin 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Federal Building Services, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Iowa Home Care Boone Branch 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Manufacturing 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE G&R Construction Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mar Cor Purification - Field Service Technicians 28 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.