CATERER · Tennessee

Dega Catering, Inc

Knoxville, TN · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dega Catering, Inc runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical CATERER workplace, earning a grade B.

Dega Catering, Inc: 1.9 TCR = 64% of CATERER BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dega Catering, Inc safety composite

Dega Catering, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.3

2016→2023

Dega Catering, Inc injury rate improved

Dega Catering, Inc's TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722320 · Knoxville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 64% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P87
  • PHOTO 4829-11261
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4829-11261 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dega Catering, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dega Catering, Inc averages 1.9 TCR (64% of the CATERER BLS benchmark).

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

Dega Catering, Inc TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Dega Catering, Inc falls in its industry

207 CATERER establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Dega Catering, Inc (22 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 158 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dega Catering, Inc
Dega Catering, Inc (22 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 158 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Dega Catering, Inc has fewer employees than the CATERER median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 8.1 4.1 2 0 0
2016 5.3 5.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722320 · TN · Knoxville

207 CATERER employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, 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 4829-11261 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flying Food Group MIA 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Attitude on Food, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR KANDU Best Events Center Ave 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tosh Pork Herrondale 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Longtown Supply Co. Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shelbyville Growout 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwest Tennessee EMC - Henderson 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cellular Sales Services Group LLC 6,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health System, Inc 5,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Functional Pathways of TN LLC 2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR HES Facilities Services K-12 2,157 FTE
NAT-TCR Cotterman & Cotterman, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Vitalant MS Tupelo United 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NurseCore of Tucson 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1983 Clovis, NM 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tole Electric Incorporated 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solar Fit / Corp 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boss Roofing-Siding Experts, Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rossi Construction, Inc 22 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.