Lock and waterway construction · Tennessee

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project

Name: Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chattanooga, TN · ~241 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lock and waterway construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project: 2.4 TCR = 85% of Lock and waterway construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project safety composite

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2019→2021

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project injury rate improved

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.7 in 2019 to 2.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.7 · 2021=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237990 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 85% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #13/19
PHOTO Knight Const. & Supp…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~241 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Knight Const. & Supply, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
Knight Const.

2.4
Southwind Cons

2.4
ESCO Construct

2.4
J.M. Smucker C

2.4

What this shows Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project averages 2.4 TCR (85% of the Lock and waterway construction BLS benchmark).

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project TCR series: 2019=2.7 · 2021=2 · BLS 2.8

Where Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project falls in its industry

932 Lock and waterway construction establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 19 Lock and waterway construction employers in Tennessee.

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project (241 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project has more employees than the Lock and waterway construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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	2.0	1.7	7	0	0
2019	2.7	0.0	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237990 · TN · Chattanooga

932 Lock and waterway construction 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	Knight Const. & Supply, Inc.	DEER PARK, WA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Southwind Construction Corp.	EVANSVILLE, IN	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ESCO Construction Co	EVERGREEN, CO	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	J.M. Smucker Company	NEW ORLEANS, LA	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rossville Manufacturing Facility	ROSSVILLE	241 FTE
STATE-SIZE	fischer USA	MANCHESTER	241 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Enertech Corp	CHATTANOOGA	241 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 4166	SWEETWATER	241 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	Communications Electronics-Timonium	Timonium, MD	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sugar Land Plant	Sugar Land, TX	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	ADESA Atlanta	Fairburn, GA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lancaster	Ephrata, PA	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SKC-GA	Covington, GA	241 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ecolab	Joliet, IL	241 FTE
NAT-SIZE	338550-Trenton Po	Trenton, NJ	241 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ply Gem Industries, Inc.	Sidney, OH	241 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, 2019. 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.