Garbage collection services · Tennessee

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1)

Chattanooga, TN · ~100 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade C.

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1): 2.9 TCR = 111% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) safety composite

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1): 1.1 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.22× in 2017

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1)'s TCR rose 3.6 from 1.1 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 111% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #16/43
  • PHOTO S03051 - G I Industr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03051 - G I Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) averages 2.9 TCR (111% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=4.7 · BLS 2.6

Where AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 43 Garbage collection services employers in Tennessee.

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) (100 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate AW of Chattanooga (4997-1)
AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) (100 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

AW of Chattanooga (4997-1) has more employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower 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
2017 4.7 3.5 4 0 0
2016 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TN · Chattanooga

2,322 Garbage collection services 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 S03051 - G I Industries 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nelsonville Hauling Operations 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quincy, IL Hauling 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04224 - MN Rochester 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE ATHENS UTILITIES BOARD 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earthadelic Enterprises, LLC 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clayton Supply of Westmoreland 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE LyondellBasell Jackson Plant 100 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 South 601 (Stores) MNE9 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hot Springs Office AKK7 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Oldcastle OPI - Croydon 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wheeling (Wvwhe) 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Joseph Health Center 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Christian Republic LLC 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Subaru Distributors Corp. 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100680 100 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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