Wire and Cable Manufacturing · Mississippi
Southwire Company Starkville Plant
Starkville, MS · ~241 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southwire Company Starkville Plant runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Wire and Cable Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Southwire Company Starkville Plant: 0.9 TCR = 28% of Wire and Cable Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Southwire Company Starkville Plant safety composite
Southwire Company Starkville Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
76/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% 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
−1.5
2016→2024
Southwire Company Starkville Plant injury rate improved
Southwire Company Starkville Plant's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.9 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.9 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=0.6 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331420 · Starkville, MS AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 28% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #2/4
- PHOTO Southwire El Paso
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~241 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Southwire El Paso (0.0 TCR gap)
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Southwire Company Starkville Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Building Wire
Building Wire Plant
1 TCR
- Materion - Sho
Materion - Shoemakersville
1 TCR
- This site
Southwire Company Starkville Plant
0.9 TCR
- Southwire El P
Southwire El Paso
0.9 TCR
- Bremen Hi Temp
Bremen Hi Temp Plant
0.9 TCR
What this shows Southwire Company Starkville Plant averages 0.9 TCR (28% of the Wire and Cable Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Southwire Company Starkville Plant TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=0.6 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Southwire Company Starkville Plant falls in its industry
198 Wire and Cable Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Wire and Cable Manufacturing employers in Mississippi.
Southwire Company Starkville Plant has more employees than the Wire and Cable Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331420 · MS · Starkville
198 Wire and Cable Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 43 employers in Starkville, MS · 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 | Southwire El Paso | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bremen Hi Temp Plant | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Building Wire Plant | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Materion - Shoemakersville | 1.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 707 | 241 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Simpson General Hospital | 241 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Hens, Inc. SP | 242 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 954 | 242 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Clark Beverage Group Inc. (MS) | 652 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 112 | 381 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 112 | 357 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 025-00381 | 218 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 5015096 - SFO Terminal 1C | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nelson Tree Service, LLC 468 | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AXP Lounge IAH | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 377 - Memphis Fas | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Southwire Denton | 241 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | American Mitsuba Corporation/Michigan | 241 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1428 - San Leandro Bayfair | 241 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hyosung USA Inc. | 241 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.