Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing · Tennessee
Specialty Feeds, Inc.
Memphis, TN · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Specialty Feeds, Inc. runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Specialty Feeds, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 78% of Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Specialty Feeds, Inc. safety composite
Specialty Feeds, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% 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
−4.6
2016→2024
Specialty Feeds, Inc. injury rate improved
Specialty Feeds, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.6 from 6.9 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=2.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311111 · Memphis, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 78% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/6
- PHOTO PCB-Bloomsburg
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~35 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: PCB-Bloomsburg (0.0 TCR gap)
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Specialty Feeds, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Hills Pet Nutr
Hills Pet Nutrition
3.1 TCR
- This site
Specialty Feeds, Inc.
3 TCR
- PCB-Bloomsburg
PCB-Bloomsburg
3 TCR
- Bloomsburg Pla
Bloomsburg Plant
3 TCR
- The JM Smucker
The JM Smucker Co
3 TCR
What this shows Specialty Feeds, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (78% of the Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Specialty Feeds, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.9
Where Specialty Feeds, Inc. falls in its industry
302 Pet food, dog and cat, manufac establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Pet food, dog and cat, manufac employers in Tennessee.
Specialty Feeds, Inc. has fewer employees than the Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.6 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311111 · TN · Memphis
302 Pet food, dog and cat, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, 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 | PCB-Bloomsburg | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hills Pet Nutrition | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bloomsburg Plant | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The JM Smucker Co | 3.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | TN | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 810 CRESCENT CENTRE DR FRANKLIN TN | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 200 NOAH DR FRANKLIN TN | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Distribution and Business Office | 35 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR | 12,398 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 381940311 | 9,861 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Residential Services | 5,775 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | 5,599 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | EF | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lowes Foods #218 | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Electric Motion Company | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CHEP Kilgore Service Center (USIL) | 3.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 102 - Haynes - Richmond | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Reliable Automatic Sprinkler - Aurora, CO | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Peachtree 1 | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Micro-Tech Machine, Inc. | 35 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.