Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers · Mississippi
Waters Truck and Tractor Co.
Columbus, MS · ~143 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Waters Truck and Tractor Co. runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.
Waters Truck and Tractor Co.: 0.6 TCR = 26% of Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Waters Truck and Tractor Co. safety composite
Waters Truck and Tractor Co. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).
81/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 98% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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
Waters Truck and Tractor Co.: 0.7 → 1.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Waters Truck and Tractor Co.'s TCR rose 0.4 from 0.7 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423110 · Columbus, MS AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 26% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/6
- PHOTO 39
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~143 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 39 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Waters Truck and Tractor Co. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Waters Truck and Tractor Co.
0.6 TCR
- 39
39
0.6 TCR
- ADESA : Indian
ADESA : Indianapolis
0.6 TCR
- 2701 RTC RICHM
2701 RTC RICHMOND
0.6 TCR
- Vanguard Austi
Vanguard Austin
0.6 TCR
What this shows Waters Truck and Tractor Co. averages 0.6 TCR (26% of the Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Waters Truck and Tractor Co. TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2017=0.7 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 2.2
Where Waters Truck and Tractor Co. falls in its industry
1,333 Tractors, highway, merchant wh establishmentsSafer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Tractors, highway, merchant wh employers in Mississippi.
Waters Truck and Tractor Co. has more employees than the Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423110 · MS · Columbus
1,333 Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 104 employers in Columbus, MS · 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 | 39 | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ADESA : Indianapolis | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2701 RTC RICHMOND | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vanguard Austin | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Operations Center MPC1087 | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | R.C. Construction Co., Inc - Company Wide | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jackson 100 | 143 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tupelo Pouring Plant | 143 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Columbus | 905 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Dynamics, Inc. - FR Columbus | 753 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Paccar Engine Company | 627 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bracken Construction Company, Inc. | 376 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CA-Irwindale 6000 | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | STR0108 | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Thomas Industrial Fabrication | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chamberlain Contractors, LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CA-Victorville S/C | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NIC+ZOE | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Varsity Lincoln Inc. | 143 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Canyon State Electric Inc. | 143 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.