Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing · Tennessee

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro)

Name: Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Murfreesboro, TN · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro): 1.4 TCR = 44% of Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) safety composite

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro): 0.0 → 2.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro)'s TCR rose 2.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327331 · Murfreesboro, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 44% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #3/10
PHOTO GMS Lawrenceville Ma…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GMS Lawrenceville Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) averages 1.4 TCR (44% of the Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) falls in its industry

321 Blocks, concrete and cinder, m establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 10 Blocks, concrete and cinder, m employers in Tennessee.

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) (34 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Southland Brick and Block (Murfreesboro) has fewer employees than the Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2017	2.9	2.9	1	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327331 · TN · Murfreesboro

321 Blocks, concrete and cinder, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 256 employers in Murfreesboro, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	GMS Lawrenceville Manufacturing	LAWRENCEVILLE, GA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Texas Best Block - HOUB	ALLEYTON, TX	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jacksonville Hardscapes	JACKSONVILLE, FL	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Empire	CLACKAMAS, OR	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Obion County Hatchery	UNION CITY	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	UCEMC Cookeville	COOKEVILLE	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RKA Construction, LLC	MEMPHIS	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AGM-Tennessee	NASHVILLE	34 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Murfreesboro	Murfreesboro	2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TNNAS16 ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS RUTHERFORD	Murfreesboro	1,984 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - BNA3	Murfreesboro	1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BNA3	Murfreesboro	1,708 FTE
NAT-TCR	Carroll House Inc	Carrollton, MO	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	CentralPark	Waco, TX	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ryerson- Los Angeles	Vernon, CA	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	DSL_JACKSONVILLE_8001_FL	Jacksonville, FL	1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Glenn E. Sessions & Sons	Walden, CO	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Haley, Chisholm & Morris, Inc.	Earlysville, VA	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Caliber, Inc	Akron, OH	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1034 Southern York Co. School District	Glen Rock, PA	34 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: 2017, 2016. 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.