Upset forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Tennessee
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises
Sweetwater, TN · ~113 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises runs at 360% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Upset forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises: 11.9 TCR = 360% of Upset forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises safety composite
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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
−3.5
2018→2024
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises injury rate improved
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises's TCR fell 3.5 from 11.7 in 2018 to 8.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 18.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=11.7 · 2019=12.9 · 2020=11.3 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=12.1 · 2023=18.4 · 2024=8.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Sweetwater, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 11.9 · 360% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #9/10
- PHOTO Medico Industries Inc.
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 67 inj
- SIZE ~113 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Medico Industries Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Schaefer Tool
Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc.
12.1 TCR
- Presrite-Jeffe
Presrite-Jefferson Division
12.1 TCR
- BERKELEY FORGE
BERKELEY FORGE
12 TCR
- This site
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises
11.9 TCR
- Medico Industr
Medico Industries Inc.
11.8 TCR
What this shows Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises averages 11.9 TCR (360% of the Upset forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises TCR series: 2018=11.7 · 2019=12.9 · 2020=11.3 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=12.1 · 2023=18.4 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises falls in its industry
241 Upset forgings made from purch establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Upset forgings made from purch employers in Tennessee.
Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises has more employees than the Upset forgings made from purchased iron median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18.4 | 2.2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12.1 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.3 | 6.9 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.9 | 2.6 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11.7 | 1.8 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · TN · Sweetwater
241 Upset forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 28 employers in Sweetwater, 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 | Medico Industries Inc. | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BERKELEY FORGE | 12.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schaefer Tool and Manufacturing Co. Inc. | 12.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Presrite-Jefferson Division | 12.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | J Cumby Construction Inc. | 113 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mid South Flat Works LLC | 113 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Allstar Fire Protection Inc | 113 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brown Bros., Inc. | 113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SCHOTT Gemtron Corporation | 267 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 4166 | 241 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gemtron | 231 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4166 | 206 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Speyside Bourbon Stave Mill in Ohio | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North Alamo Water Supply Corporation | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Galaxy Uptown LLC | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Whitaker School | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | International Paper Eaton Container | 113 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rich Castlewood | 113 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CDS Framing Inc | 113 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | A & L Cesspool Service Corp. | 113 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.