Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing · Tennessee

Taco Metals, LLC.

Sparta, TN · ~92 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Taco Metals, LLC. runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Taco Metals, LLC.: 6.8 TCR = 206% of Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Taco Metals, LLC. safety composite

Taco Metals, LLC. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Taco Metals, LLC.: 6.8 → 92.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 92.1 TCR · DART/TCR 9.67× in 2022

Taco Metals, LLC.'s TCR rose 85.3 from 6.8 in 2021 to 92.1 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 9.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Sparta, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 206% of ind

  • DART 65.8 DART
  • RANK #18/22
  • PHOTO The Lincoln Electric…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Lincoln Electric Company - Additive Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Taco Metals, LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Taco Metals, LLC. averages 6.8 TCR (206% of the Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Taco Metals, LLC. TCR series: 2021=6.8 · 2022=92.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Taco Metals, LLC. falls in its industry

827 Tubing, flexible metal, manufa establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 22 Tubing, flexible metal, manufa employers in Tennessee.

Taco Metals, LLC. (92 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Taco Metals, LLC.
Taco Metals, LLC. (92 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Taco Metals, LLC. has more employees than the Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 92.1 65.8 7 0 0
2021 6.8 3.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · TN · Sparta

827 Tubing, flexible metal, 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR The Lincoln Electric Company - Additive Solutions 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ideal Vinton 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roth Fabricating Inc 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marquipt 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE B&W Quality Growers - TN 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE King Industries Inc. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Safway Services, LLC - Nashville 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valk Industries Inc. 92 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 SHIELDS for Families - Mt. Carmel 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 890 - Ottawa DC 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Polar Industries, Inc. 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR C&F Steel Hamilton 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Campus 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amthor International 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE ORC-ODFL 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE BOI-ODFL 92 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.