FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING · Tennessee

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn

Athens, TN · ~285 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING workplace, earning a grade C.

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn: 2.8 TCR = 85% of FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn safety composite

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn held a steady TCR band

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.0 in 2020 to 3.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.0 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Athens, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO Richland Center West
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~285 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Richland Center West (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING BLS benchmark).

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

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn TCR series: 2020=3 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn falls in its industry

457 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING employers in Tennessee.

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn (285 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn
Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn (285 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Dfa Fluid - Athens Tn has more employees than the FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2024 3.4 1.5 11 0 0
2023 1.2 0.6 4 0 0
2022 3.2 0.7 10 0 0
2021 3.3 1.6 9 1 0
2020 3.0 1.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · TN · Athens

457 FLUID MILK 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 Richland Center West 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA FLUID - HOUSTON TX 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA FLUID - HIGH POINT NC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA FLUID - ORANGE CITY FL 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE ZF-Lebanon 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Industries 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE WOC 285 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carlstar-Clinton 285 FTE
CITY-NEAR DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC 1,659 FTE
CITY-NEAR DENSO Manufacturing Athens, TN INC 1,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starr Regional Medical Center 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adient Athens 540 FTE
NAT-TCR Harbor Electronics 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 10065 Vienna 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR JL Audio, Inc Miramar I 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1639 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hengst of NA 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE Matanuska Telecom Association, Inc. 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE A. E. Finley Ymca - Ymca of the Triangle 285 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seminole Plant 285 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.