Water distribution (except irrigation) · Tennessee

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors

Knoxville, TN · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade D.

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors: 2.2 TCR = 184% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors safety composite

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors held a steady TCR band

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=3.7 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 184% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/15
  • PHOTO Great Lakes Water Au…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Lakes Water Authority - Central Services Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors averages 2.2 TCR (184% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark).

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

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=3.7 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=0 · BLS 1.2

Where East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Water distribution (except irr employers in Tennessee.

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors (23 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors
East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors (23 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors has fewer employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · TN · Knoxville

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) 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 Great Lakes Water Authority - Central Services Facility 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Granger-Hunter Improvement District 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Culligan 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hoboken - OMI 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Manchester DREMC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDE - Metro Nashville District Energy System 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avenue Construction 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Square 1 Construction, LLC 23 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 Texas 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR West St Paul ISD #197-Somerset Heights Elementary 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Harold Zeigler Kalamazoo 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4 Wheel Parts - Orlando 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Heubel Material Handling, Inc./Omaha NE 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springhill Suites 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Organogenesis 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wall 20041 23 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: 2022, 2021, 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.