Blanks, wood (e.g., bowling pins, handles, textile machinery accessories), manufacturing · Tennessee
Sparta WoodWorks LLC
Sparta, TN · ~18 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sparta WoodWorks LLC runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blanks, wood (e.g., bowling pins, handles, textile machinery accessories), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Sparta WoodWorks LLC: 5.5 TCR = 166% of Blanks, wood (e.g., bowling pins, handles, textile machinery accessories), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sparta WoodWorks LLC safety composite
Sparta WoodWorks LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 16.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Sparta WoodWorks LLC: 5.7 → 16.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 16.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.97× in 2024
Sparta WoodWorks LLC's TCR rose 10.6 from 5.7 in 2016 to 16.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321912 · Sparta, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 166% of ind
- DART 16.3 DART
- RANK #2/5
- PHOTO Northland Furntire C…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~18 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Northland Furntire Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sparta WoodWorks LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Tuscaloosa Lum
Tuscaloosa Lumber Remanufacturing, Inc.
5.6 TCR
- This site
Sparta WoodWorks LLC
5.5 TCR
- Northland Furn
Northland Furntire Company
5.5 TCR
- Bingaman & Son
Bingaman & Son Lumber, Clarendon Division
5.5 TCR
- Woodcraft Indu
Woodcraft Industries, Inc. Greenville, PA
5.5 TCR
What this shows Sparta WoodWorks LLC averages 5.5 TCR (166% of the Blanks, wood (e.g., bowling pins, handles, textile machinery accessories), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sparta WoodWorks LLC TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=11 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=5.5 · 2024=16.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Sparta WoodWorks LLC falls in its industry
178 Blanks, wood (e.g., bowling pi establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Blanks, wood (e.g., bowling pi employers in Tennessee.
Sparta WoodWorks LLC has fewer employees than the Blanks, wood (e.g., bowling pins, handle median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321912 · TN · Sparta
178 Blanks, wood (e.g., bowling pins, handles, textile machinery accessories), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 33 employers in Sparta, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Northland Furntire Company | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bingaman & Son Lumber, Clarendon Division | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Woodcraft Industries, Inc. Greenville, PA | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tuscaloosa Lumber Remanufacturing, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Halls Gin Company | 18 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southwest Tennessee EMC - Atoka | 18 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | sbi Field Operations | 18 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 505 | 18 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Life Force Sparta | 6,606 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Altium Packaging - Sparta | 396 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tri State Distribution, Inc | 360 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | THK Rhythm North America | 275 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Laear - Earhart Package Centers | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ABF Freight 074 | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grand Rapids Controls | 5.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gougeon Brothers Inc | 5.5 TCR |
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.