General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT)

Name: Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) Workplace Safety Data
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Chattanooga, TN · ~3,803 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 2
Fatalities

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The verdict

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT): 2.2 TCR = 48% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) safety composite

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 2

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%).

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) held a steady TCR band

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT)'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.0 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 2.2 · 48% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #40/128
PHOTO Edwardsville Terminal
BOOK 6y book
INJ 712 inj
SIZE ~3,803 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Edwardsville Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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WM 7835

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6223-516

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Heyl Managemen

2.2

What this shows Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) averages 2.2 TCR (48% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=2 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=2.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 128 General freight trucking, long employers in Tennessee.

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) (3,803 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Chattanooga, TN (WC USX CHT) has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021	2.2	1.9	96	1	1
2020	1.9	1.6	86	0	0
2019	2.2	2.1	112	0	0
2018	2.0	1.6	116	0	0
2017	2.6	2.3	174	0	1
2016	2.0	1.4	128	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · TN · Chattanooga

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) 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	Edwardsville Terminal	EDWARDSVILLE, KS	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WM 7835	ALACHUA, FL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6223-516	YUMA, AZ	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heyl Management	AKRON, IA	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Varsity Brands	MEMPHIS	3,819 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nike Apparel	MEMPHIS	3,766 FTE
STATE-SIZE	General Motors Springhill ASSY	SPRING HILL	3,688 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Spring Hill Manufacturing	SPRING HILL	3,514 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	Carlyle Farms, LLC	Wayne, OH	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fidelitone - Cincinnati Bell, OH	Cincinnati, OH	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Maison Jardin	Morgan City, LA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	461 - Tacoma	Payallup, WA	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Warren Truck Assembly Plant	Warren, MI	3,804 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center	Pomona, CA	3,804 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Jamaica Hospital Medical Center	Jamaica, NY	3,801 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4795-AA-PHX-PHOENIX-PHX-TRML	Phoenix, AZ	3,806 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, 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.