Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Tennessee

Newcomb Spring of TN

Ooltewah, TN · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Newcomb Spring of TN runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Newcomb Spring of TN: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newcomb Spring of TN safety composite

Newcomb Spring of TN scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

Newcomb Spring of TN: 2.2 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2021

Newcomb Spring of TN's TCR rose 0.8 from 2.2 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332613 · Ooltewah, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK P63
  • PHOTO ISCO
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ISCO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Newcomb Spring of TN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Newcomb Spring of TN averages 3.4 TCR (104% of the Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Newcomb Spring of TN TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2018=5.1 · 2021=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Newcomb Spring of TN falls in its industry

189 Coiled springs, heavy gauge me establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Newcomb Spring of TN (38 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Newcomb Spring of TN
Newcomb Spring of TN (38 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Newcomb Spring of TN has fewer employees than the Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manuf median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2016 2.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332613 · TN · Ooltewah

189 Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 39 employers in Ooltewah, 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 ISCO 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dayco Products - Roseville 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mubea Apprentice, Tool Shop, & Disc Springs 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medicoil 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Memphis 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Douglas Nashville 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.A. Fielden Co, Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Messer Construction - Knoxville, TN 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Physical Therapy Collegedale 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Miller Industries Towing Equipment, Inc. 802 FTE
CITY-NEAR Miller Industries 649 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZECH 453 FTE
NAT-TCR Peninsular Pest Control Service, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Happy Valley Homewood Suites 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR HBR International Inc 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kalman & Company Inc - GA - DARD Warehouse 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southwire Denton CSC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rain CII Carbon - Chalmette Plant 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commerece City (GCR) 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Centennial, CO (SSS, CSS) 38 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, 2018, 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.