Water treatment and distribution · Tennessee

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division

Cleveland, TN · ~85 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division: 2.9 TCR = 241% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division safety composite

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division: 0.0 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.87× in 2022

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division's TCR rose 5.4 from 0.0 in 2019 to 5.4 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Cleveland, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.9 · 241% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO Aqua North Carolina
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aqua North Carolina (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division averages 2.9 TCR (241% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3.3 · 2022=5.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Water treatment and distributi employers in Tennessee.

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division (85 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division
Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division (85 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Cleveland Utilities - Water/Wastewater Division has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 5.4 5.4 4 1 0
2020 3.3 2.2 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · TN · Cleveland

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 157 employers in Cleveland, 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 Aqua North Carolina 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aqua New Jersey, Inc. - Hamilton 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Pollution Control Plant 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Denham Springs 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harriman Utility Board 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Parkes Companies 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE 104561 - TVA Allen ALF Ash Pond Closure Project 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dennis Concrete Service, INC. 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLEVELAND PACKERS 6,804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primary Care Cleveland 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool 1,544 FTE
NAT-TCR Aragon Construction, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Crm Co LLC 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Highways SRF 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR KAG West 52050 Tacoma 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Zeigler Gurnee 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lafourche Home for the Aged & Infirm, Inc 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Carmel-by-the-Sea 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Mill of Bel Air 85 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.