Analgesic preparations manufacturing · Tennessee

Chattem, Inc.

Chattanooga, TN · ~825 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chattem, Inc. runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Analgesic preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Chattem, Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 53% of Analgesic preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chattem, Inc. safety composite

Chattem, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Chattem, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Chattem, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 1.3 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.3 · 2017=2.0 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 53% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #5/15
  • PHOTO Frederick, CO
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 67 inj
  • SIZE ~825 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Frederick, CO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chattem, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chattem, Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (53% of the Analgesic preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chattem, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=2 · 2021=3 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Chattem, Inc. falls in its industry

855 Analgesic preparations manufac establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Analgesic preparations manufac employers in Tennessee.

Chattem, Inc. (825 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Chattem, Inc.
Chattem, Inc. (825 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Chattem, Inc. has more employees than the Analgesic preparations manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 1.4 1.4 9 0 0
2022 1.1 0.6 8 3 0
2021 3.0 2.9 21 1 0
2017 2.0 1.5 18 2 0
2016 1.3 1.0 11 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · TN · Chattanooga

855 Analgesic preparations 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 Frederick, CO 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Haleon Oak Hill 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aphena Pharma Solutions - Browns Mill Rd 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shoals Technologies Group LLC - Plant 1 825 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin Special School District 825 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Ridge Medical Management Corporation - TN 824 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - BNA2 820 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 Filtration : Haverhill 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Smooth Sailing of Brevard, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR CentraCare Clinic Becker 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Graham White 1242 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea 825 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avista Adventist Hospital 825 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sealed Air 825 FTE
NAT-SIZE Young Living Essential Oils - GHQ 825 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, 2021, 2017, 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.