Gasoline engine parts, mechanical, automotive and truck, manufacturing · Tennessee

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC

Athens, TN · ~1,659 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gasoline engine parts, mechanical, automotive and truck, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC: 0.6 TCR = 11% of Gasoline engine parts, mechanical, automotive and truck, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC safety composite

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−0.9

2016→2023

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC injury rate improved

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.6 · 2023=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336310 · Athens, TN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #4/21
  • PHOTO Trenton North Engine…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~1,659 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trenton North Engine Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC averages 0.6 TCR (11% of the Gasoline engine parts, mechanical, automotive and truck, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.6 · 2023=0.1 · BLS 5.4

Where DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC falls in its industry

221 Gasoline engine parts, mechani establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 21 Gasoline engine parts, mechani employers in Tennessee.

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC (1,659 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 165 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC
DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC (1,659 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 165 employees and a TCR of 2.9

DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC has more employees than the Gasoline engine parts, mechanical, autom median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
2021 0.6 0.3 4 6 0
2020 0.7 0.4 6 9 0
2019 0.5 0.1 11 0 0
2018 0.5 0.3 8 1 0
2017 0.8 0.3 13 1 0
2016 1.1 0.6 18 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336310 · TN · Athens

221 Gasoline engine parts, mechanical, automotive and truck, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 77 employers in Athens, 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 Trenton North Engine Plant 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Automotosports Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Usui International 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robert Bosch LLC 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1855-TNNAS16 1,646 FTE
STATE-SIZE DENSO Manufacturing Athens, TN INC 1,638 FTE
STATE-SIZE Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) EPC Work) 1,637 FTE
STATE-SIZE Therapy Services 1,681 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starr Regional Medical Center 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adient Athens 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adient 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR E&E Manufacturing 398 FTE
NAT-TCR Kay Manufacturing Co 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lancaster EMS - Buck 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US LLC. Joliet Site 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NVE, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE EatStreet 1,659 FTE
NAT-SIZE Varmn - Richmond-General Office 1,658 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Western Bank 1,658 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2001 Rankin Road 1,660 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.