Construction machinery manufacturing · Tennessee

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive)

Chattanooga, TN · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Construction machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive): 1.6 TCR = 49% of Construction machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) safety composite

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive): 0.0 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2023

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive)'s TCR rose 3.2 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #9/19
  • PHOTO Terex - North Bend
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Terex - North Bend (0.0 TCR gap)

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Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Construction machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) falls in its industry

400 Construction machinery manufac establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 19 Construction machinery manufac employers in Tennessee.

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) (42 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Astec Industries (Riverside Drive)
Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) (42 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Astec Industries (Riverside Drive) has fewer 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 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Terex - North Bend 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Peoria Facility 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smith Manufacturing a Graco Company 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlas-SSI, Inc. - Monticello 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Benton County Electric System 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Citizens Gas Utility District 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Providence Builders 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCC Johnson City 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR 1906 Bell County US190 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lee's Imperial Welding, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR McKenney's, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Huntington Wv Plant 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Truform Construction Corporation 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grocery Outlet South City #139 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Summit BHC Meadville LLC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palomar Power Bldg A Admin - Bld: 6606 - 01 42 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.