Engines and parts (except diesel), automotive and truck, manufacturing · Tennessee
Decherd Powertrain Assembly
Decherd, TN · ~1,738 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Decherd Powertrain Assembly runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Engines and parts (except diesel), automotive and truck, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 5.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 175
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Decherd Powertrain Assembly's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Decherd Powertrain Assembly's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 5.4 industry benchmark.
Where Decherd Powertrain Assembly falls in its industry
233 Engines and parts (except dies establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 21 Engines and parts (except dies employers in Tennessee.
Decherd Powertrain Assembly has an average TCR of 3.1, which is 58% of the industry average (5.4) for Engines and parts (except diesel), automotive and truck, manufacturing. This is better than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Decherd Powertrain Assembly
Between 2017 and 2023, Decherd Powertrain Assembly's Total Case Rate improved from 3.2 to 3.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 5% decrease across 6 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 2.5, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 3.8, a spread of 1.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 6 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 6 reporting years, Decherd Powertrain Assembly recorded 175 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Decherd Powertrain Assembly's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 336310 - Engines and parts (except diesel), automotive and truck, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
28 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 3,002,734 hours worked = 1.86 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Decherd Powertrain Assembly (this establishment) | 3.12 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Connecting rods, automotive and truck gasoline engine, manufacturing industry avg | 5.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 336310 |
| Tennessee state avg (all industries) | 4.09 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Decherd Powertrain Assembly to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 46 reportable incidents · 36 injuries, 10 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 54 reportable incidents · 34 injuries, 20 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 31 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 19 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 57 reportable incidents · 26 injuries, 31 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 61 reportable incidents · 34 injuries, 27 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 53 reportable incidents · 33 injuries, 20 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 36 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 34 | 20 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 12 | 19 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 26 | 31 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 34 | 27 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 33 | 20 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Decherd Powertrain Assembly's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Engines and parts (except diesel), automotive and truck, manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 58% of the Engines and parts (except diesel), automotive and truck, manufacturing benchmark, Decherd Powertrain Assembly reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Engines and parts (except diesel), automotive and truck, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
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