Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance · Tennessee

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc.

Camden, TN · ~25 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance workplace, earning a grade B.

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc.: 3.6 TCR = 79% of Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. safety composite

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. held a steady TCR band

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Camden, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.6 · 79% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/37
  • PHOTO CTI 64009 Braddock
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CTI 64009 Braddock (0.0 TCR gap)

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O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. averages 3.6 TCR (79% of the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=9.2 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 37 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- employers in Tennessee.

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc.
O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

O'Neal Melton And Sons, Inc. has fewer employees than the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 4.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 9.1 4.6 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.7 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2017 9.2 9.2 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · TN · Camden

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 18 employers in Camden, 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 CTI 64009 Braddock 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TMC Transportation - Solon HD DC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dedicated - Smithfield Shop and Office 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR WEL Companies - PA 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE B&B Sawmill, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Union City UCY1 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCEMC Corporate 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8018168 - Nashville Federal Courthouse 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jones Plastic & Engineering d/b/a Camden Plastics 237 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 738 234 FTE
CITY-NEAR 738 225 FTE
CITY-NEAR Camden Division 217 FTE
NAT-TCR Zalk Josephs 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ft Myers Branch 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Frazier Co.-Main 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Clackamas Site 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Giese Roofing Company 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oak Chips, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE York Creek Apartments, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas Gleason Inc. 25 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.