Fabricated plate work manufacturing · Tennessee

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Chattanooga, TN · ~51 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fabricated plate work manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. safety composite

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−5.5

2016→2021

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. injury rate improved

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.5 from 5.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332313 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/18
  • PHOTO Sandmeyer Steel Comp…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sandmeyer Steel Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Fabricated plate work manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. falls in its industry

449 Fabricated plate work manufact establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 18 Fabricated plate work manufact employers in Tennessee.

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc.
CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. (51 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 4.5

CBT Manufacturing Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fabricated plate work manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.7 3.1 3 0 0
2019 5.9 1.5 4 0 0
2018 2.9 0.0 2 0 0
2016 5.5 1.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332313 · TN · Chattanooga

449 Fabricated plate work 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 Sandmeyer Steel Company 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Tank and Fabrication 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Metal Enterprises LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Neufeldt Ind Services 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Erwin Utilities 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Denark Construction, Inc. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE JOSEPH Construction Company, Inc. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE J. S. Haren Company 51 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 BHGNE - Scottsbluff (NE069) 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MAN 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Choice Precision, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vectren Corporation - Dayton West 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE CGC Agri-Management Inc. 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barker Steel - Pawtucket, Rhode Island 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sandy 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Just $ave #136 51 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, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.