Wholesale distribution · Tennessee

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton)

Piperton, TN · ~104 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Wholesale distribution workplace, earning a grade D.

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton): 3.9 TCR = 178% of Wholesale distribution BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) safety composite

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−1.8

2021→2022

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) injury rate improved

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton)'s TCR fell 1.8 from 4.8 in 2021 to 3.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.8 · 2022=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424130 · Piperton, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 178% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/11
  • PHOTO Joshen Paper & Packa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Joshen Paper & Packaging (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) averages 3.9 TCR (178% of the Wholesale distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) TCR series: 2021=4.8 · 2022=3 · BLS 2.2

Where Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) falls in its industry

290 Wholesale distribution establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Wholesale distribution employers in Tennessee.

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) (104 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton)
Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) (104 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Shelby Group International, Inc. (Piperton) has more employees than the Wholesale distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2022 3.0 0.0 4 0 0
2021 4.8 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424130 · TN · Piperton

290 Wholesale distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 9 employers in Piperton, 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 Joshen Paper & Packaging 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bunzl Distribution Southwest, LP (DBA Bunzl Houston) 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5849 Jacksonville FL 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Victory Packaging Denver 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE CableSouth Construction, LLC 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE FRANKLIN RD - CNR136 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wright Industrial Group, LLC 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richardson International 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Location 273 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pyramex Safety 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crown Lift Trucks Memphis 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Distribution Center 61 FTE
NAT-TCR 0690 - Laguna Marketplace Ca Whse 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 0674 - Glendale Az Whse 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 7031 - 1-Matamoros #1 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Woodbridge Iselin 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chanhassen Distribution Ctr 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Learning Center 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZEUG 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZSRO 104 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.