General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

Paperchef

Lavergne, TN · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paperchef runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Paperchef: 4.0 TCR = 184% of General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paperchef safety composite

Paperchef scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−2.5

2021→2024

Paperchef injury rate improved

Paperchef's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.5 in 2021 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.5 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424990 · Lavergne, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 184% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK P40
  • PHOTO Kaman's Art Shoppes,…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kaman's Art Shoppes, Inc. 58 SWF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paperchef in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paperchef averages 4.0 TCR (184% of the General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Paperchef TCR series: 2021=5.5 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=3 · 2024=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Paperchef falls in its industry

301 General merchandise, nondurabl establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Paperchef (40 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Paperchef
Paperchef (40 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Paperchef has fewer employees than the General merchandise, nondurable goods, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2024 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2022 4.6 2.3 2 0 0
2021 5.5 5.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424990 · TN · Lavergne

301 General merchandise, nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 76 employers in Lavergne, 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 Kaman's Art Shoppes, Inc. 58 SWF 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cook Medical LLC AmerDC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR PG GOLF 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kaman's Art Shoppes, Inc. WPZ-91 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Moseley Bros. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2022 Milan Public Utilities 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milan Department of Public Utilities 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE MEC NEWLAND BRANCH 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lavergne (BAMG) 982 FTE
CITY-NEAR Star Transportation, Inc. 474 FTE
CITY-NEAR C113 LaVergne 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advance Auto Parts DC 42 344 FTE
NAT-TCR Associated Scaffolding Incorporated 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Norfolk 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Singer Equipment Company 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CS KC South 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Peterman Concrete Company 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clemmons NC Yard 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5090 - Loganville 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trans Cable International 40 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.