Support Activities for Air Transportation · Tennessee

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN · ~75 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Support Activities for Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade B.

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga: 2.7 TCR = 59% of Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga safety composite

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−5.1

2017→2020

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga injury rate improved

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga's TCR fell 5.1 from 5.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.1 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488119 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/35
  • PHOTO GAT - MSJAN
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GAT - MSJAN (0.0 TCR gap)

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DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga averages 2.7 TCR (59% of the Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5

Where DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga falls in its industry

1,555 Support Activities for Air Tra establishments

Safer than 73% 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 #11 safest of 35 Support Activities for Air Tra employers in Tennessee.

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga (75 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga
DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga (75 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5

DGS Aviation Services : CHA - Chattanooga has more employees than the Support Activities for Air Transportatio 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 3 0 0
2017 5.1 5.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488119 · TN · Chattanooga

1,555 Support Activities for Air Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, 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 GAT - MSJAN 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AGI JFK 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9215-GSO 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5319_15022 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (Murfreesboro) 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chris-Hill Construction Co., LLC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pyramid Electric, Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE J Ross Conglomerate, LLC 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Rehrig Pacific Company Kenosha 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Systems Plant Services, Inc.- Blytheville, AR Remote Shop 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Spartanburg SP 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kia-Emcaz-Kia Bell Rd 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE DGS Aviation Services : ABE - Allentown 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohio CAT - Cleveland PSD 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kittery School District - Shapleigh School 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arbour Health Care Center 75 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.