Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services · Tennessee

Ashbusters chimney service

Smyrna, TN · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ashbusters chimney service runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services workplace, earning a grade D.

Ashbusters chimney service: 5.6 TCR = 125% of Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashbusters chimney service safety composite

Ashbusters chimney service scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−2.9

2020→2021

Ashbusters chimney service injury rate improved

Ashbusters chimney service's TCR fell 2.9 from 7.1 in 2020 to 4.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.1 · 2021=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561790 · Smyrna, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 125% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK P47
  • PHOTO Cochrane Ventilation
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cochrane Ventilation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ashbusters chimney service in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ashbusters chimney service averages 5.6 TCR (125% of the Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services BLS benchmark).

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

Ashbusters chimney service TCR series: 2020=7.1 · 2021=4.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Ashbusters chimney service falls in its industry

171 Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ashbusters chimney service (55 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ashbusters chimney service
Ashbusters chimney service (55 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Ashbusters chimney service has more employees than the Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2021 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2020 7.1 7.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561790 · TN · Smyrna

171 Chimney sweep (i.e., cleaning) services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 117 employers in Smyrna, 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 Cochrane Ventilation 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR White Sands NM 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Birrel 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eclipse Lighting & Electrical 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alabama GP Vaccination Department 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE GP Production (Pikeville) 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Department 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charleston Site 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smyrna Vehicle Plant 6,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yates Services, LLC @ Nissan Smyrna 1,196 FTE
CITY-NEAR TLC 989 FTE
CITY-NEAR Asurion 952 FTE
NAT-TCR Dubois 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Birchwood Foods 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunflower #8209 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Union School District 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Facilities 248 E. 600 So. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Office 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works Department 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shore Cliff Hotel 55 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.