Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Tennessee
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC
Mcewen, TN · ~31 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC safety composite
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC: 3.3 → 3.7 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2023
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC's TCR rose 0.5 from 3.3 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332322 · Mcewen, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #12/21
- PHOTO Metalex - South
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~31 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Metalex - South (0.0 TCR gap)
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Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC
4.6 TCR
- Metalex - Sout
Metalex - South
4.6 TCR
- Enterprise Wel
Enterprise Welding & Fabricating
4.6 TCR
- Ware Industrie
Ware Industries d.b.a. Marino Ware
4.6 TCR
- Walt Dittmer &
Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc
4.6 TCR
What this shows Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=14.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC falls in its industry
1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishmentsSafer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 21 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Tennessee.
Volunteer Metal Systems, LLC has fewer employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332322 · TN · Mcewen
1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 7 employers in Mcewen, 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 | Metalex - South | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Enterprise Welding & Fabricating | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ware Industries d.b.a. Marino Ware | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Walt Dittmer & Sons, Inc | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Humboldt Hatchery | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cairo Farmers Gin, LLC | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0000000932 WATER/SEWER-SEWER FCLTY MAINT | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | George W Reagan Company | 31 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC. | 93 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | McEwen Plant | 53 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | McEwen Plant 2 | 50 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | McEwen | 40 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kilcor Construction LLC | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Baily International of Atlanta | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Guy M Cooper, Inc | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ridgefield Town Hall | 4.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Cleveringa Farms | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Turning Point | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carolina Business Furniture Offices | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Transcat- Spectrum | 31 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.