Construction machinery manufacturing · Tennessee

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd)

Name: Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chattanooga, TN · ~625 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Construction machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd): 1.5 TCR = 46% of Construction machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) safety composite

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−0.8

2022→2023

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) injury rate improved

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd)'s TCR fell 0.8 from 1.9 in 2022 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.9 · 2023=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #8/19
PHOTO Northern
BOOK 2y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~625 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northern (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
EZ Grout Corpo

1.6
This site

1.5
Northern

1.5
Drilltools, In

1.5

What this shows Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Construction machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) TCR series: 2022=1.9 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) falls in its industry

400 Construction machinery manufac establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 19 Construction machinery manufac employers in Tennessee.

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) (625 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Astec Industries (Manufacturers Rd) has more employees than the Construction machinery manufacturing median and a lower 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
2023	1.1	0.8	7	0	0
2022	1.9	1.6	12	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · TN · Chattanooga

400 Construction machinery 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Northern	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Komatsu America Corp - NMO	NEWBERRY, SC	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Drilltools, Inc.	KILGORE, TX	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EZ Grout Corporation	MALTA, OH	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MEMPHIS NDC_1372672	MEMPHIS	625 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JFSNA at Eastman Chemical Kingsport	KINGSPORT	624 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Carlex Nashville	NASHVILLE	624 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Modine Manufacturing Company - Lawrenceburg	LAWRENCEBURG	626 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHATTANOOGA COKE	Chattanooga	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHATTANOOGA FOOD	Chattanooga	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USXpress	Chattanooga	7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cardiology GB	Chattanooga	6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR	ReEnergy Black River	Fort Drum, NY	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fox Valley Container	Aurora, IL	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Seyer Industries	St. Peters, MO	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences	Yakima, WA	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Phoenix Terminal-DOT	Phoenix, AZ	625 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Barton Malow Builders, LLC	Southfield, MI	625 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St. Luke's Monroe	Stroudsburg, PA	625 FTE
NAT-SIZE	136 East Avenue	Erie, PA	625 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.