Backhoes manufacturing · Tennessee

Paladin Attachments

Ooltewah, TN · ~186 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paladin Attachments runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Backhoes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Paladin Attachments: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Backhoes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paladin Attachments safety composite

Paladin Attachments scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.0

2016→2023

Paladin Attachments injury rate improved

Paladin Attachments's TCR fell 1.0 from 4.7 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.7 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · Ooltewah, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #14/19
  • PHOTO Terex - Newton
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~186 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Terex - Newton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paladin Attachments in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paladin Attachments averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Backhoes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Paladin Attachments TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Paladin Attachments falls in its industry

400 Backhoes manufacturing establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 19 Backhoes manufacturing employers in Tennessee.

Paladin Attachments (186 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Paladin Attachments
Paladin Attachments (186 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Paladin Attachments has more employees than the Backhoes manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2023 3.7 2.2 4 1 0
2022 2.8 0.6 5 0 0
2021 5.3 3.5 8 1 0
2020 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2019 2.3 0.9 5 0 0
2018 1.9 1.5 5 0 0
2017 3.5 1.1 9 0 0
2016 4.7 2.1 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · TN · Ooltewah

400 Backhoes 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 Terex - Newton 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Welch Manufacturing Technologies, Ltd. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barbco Inc 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tesmec USA, Inc. 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Midway TN Farm 186 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fletchline Companies 186 FTE
STATE-SIZE 252-PL001 186 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turner Holdings, LLC 186 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 Prince Contracting LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mies & Sons - Garden City 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 45th Street 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Supelco 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bill Nichols State Veterans Home 186 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bryan Manor 186 FTE
NAT-SIZE Technical Consumer Products, Inc 186 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mopac 186 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: 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.