General freight trucking, local · Alabama

Chattanooga, TN

Alexandria, AL · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Chattanooga, TN runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Chattanooga, TN: 6.7 TCR = 149% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chattanooga, TN safety composite

Chattanooga, TN scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

Chattanooga, TN: 0.0 → 15.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 145.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2022

Chattanooga, TN's TCR rose 15.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 15.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 145.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Alexandria, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 149% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK #57/69
  • PHOTO GASTONIA (NCGST)
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GASTONIA (NCGST) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chattanooga, TN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chattanooga, TN averages 6.7 TCR (149% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).

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

Chattanooga, TN TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=145.4 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=15.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Chattanooga, TN falls in its industry

2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 69 General freight trucking, loca employers in Alabama.

Chattanooga, TN (25 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga, TN (25 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Chattanooga, TN has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2022 15.4 9.2 5 0 1
2021 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 11.8 8.9 4 0 0
2019 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2018 145.4 145.4 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · AL · Alexandria

2,784 General freight trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 18 employers in Alexandria, AL · 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 GASTONIA (NCGST) 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIDS-Suwanee Suffolk/Sussex Del/Off 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pitt Ohio - Richmond 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR XBL INDUSTRIAL SERVICE CO LLC-WF 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Franklin Electric Cooperattive 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE NextGen Industrial, LLC. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tutwiler Residence Hall 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE 250 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burford's Tree LLC - 346 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burford's Trees LLC Region 343 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burford's Trees LLC Region 346 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burfords Tree LLC - 343 74 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-02894 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00385 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 081666-Danbury Po 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 330405-Barnegat Po 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4795-Ea-Tvc-Traverse City-Tvc-Trml 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wichita KS Yard 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metaltech Recycling LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE AmeriGas - ACE - Arlington, TX 25 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.