Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing · Tennessee

Tag Manufacturing, Inc.

Chattanooga, TN · ~244 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tag Manufacturing, Inc. runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Tag Manufacturing, Inc.: 9.2 TCR = 280% of Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tag Manufacturing, Inc. safety composite

Tag Manufacturing, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−298.2

2016→2018

Tag Manufacturing, Inc. injury rate improved

Tag Manufacturing, Inc.'s TCR fell 298.2 from 307.4 in 2016 to 9.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 307.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=307.4 · 2018=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 280% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #18/19
  • PHOTO Klein Products of Te…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~244 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Klein Products of Texas (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tag Manufacturing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tag Manufacturing, Inc. averages 9.2 TCR (280% of the Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tag Manufacturing, Inc. TCR series: 2016=307.4 · 2018=9.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Tag Manufacturing, Inc. falls in its industry

400 Buckets, excavating (e.g., cla establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

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 19 Buckets, excavating (e.g., cla employers in Tennessee.

Tag Manufacturing, Inc. (244 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Tag Manufacturing, Inc.
Tag Manufacturing, Inc. (244 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Tag Manufacturing, Inc. has more employees than the Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, co median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2018 9.2 5.8 29 1 0
2016 307.4 195.6 22 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · TN · Chattanooga

400 Buckets, excavating (e.g., clamshell, concrete, drag scraper, dragline, shovel), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, 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 Klein Products of Texas 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Truck Equipment 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garlock Equipment 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR E-Z Drill, Inc 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Newly Weds Foods 244 FTE
STATE-SIZE Owens Corning Jackson TN 244 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heatec, Inc. 244 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kenny Pipe & Supply Inc - ALL 244 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Mission Linen Supply Union City 4804 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ACH Midlands Hospital 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1414 E Idaho Millwork Door 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Grocers # 110 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shire Round Lake 244 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Equipment Corporation NC 244 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regal Power Transmission Solutions 244 FTE
NAT-SIZE Penco Products Inc 244 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.