Academies, college or university · Tennessee

East Tennessee State University

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Johnson City, TN · ~4,802 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

East Tennessee State University runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade C.

East Tennessee State University: 1.1 TCR = 79% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

East Tennessee State University safety composite

East Tennessee State University scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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 State University held a steady TCR band

East Tennessee State University's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Johnson City, TN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 1.1 · 79% of ind

DART 0.3 DART
RANK #1/4
PHOTO UC Riverside
BOOK 4y book
INJ 200 inj
SIZE ~4,802 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UC Riverside (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows East Tennessee State University averages 1.1 TCR (79% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

East Tennessee State University TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=0.9 · BLS 1.4

Where East Tennessee State University falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Academies, college or universi employers in Tennessee.

East Tennessee State University (4,802 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

East Tennessee State University has more employees than the Academies, college or university median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2019	0.9	0.3	41
2018	1.3	0.2	61
2017	1.1	0.2	50
2016	1.1	0.1	48

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · TN · Johnson City

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 177 employers in Johnson City, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	UC Riverside	RIVERSIDE, CA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Truckee Meadows Community College	RENO, NV	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Western Washington University	BELLINGHAM, WA	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eastern Illinois University	CHARLESTON, IL	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AOC	MEMPHIS	4,821 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JACKSON MADISON COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL	JACKSON	4,844 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc.	MARYVILLE	4,655 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FedEx 3131 DEMOCRAT RD	MEMPHIS	4,958 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Johnson City Medical Center	Johnson City	2,099 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ballad Health	Johnson City	1,586 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mountain States Health Alliance	Johnson City	1,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AO Smith Fairview Ave	Johnson City	948 FTE
NAT-TCR	IL - Riviana Foods	Monee, IL	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Erland Construction, Inc. Main Office	Burlington, MA	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	KHS USA, Inc.	Sarasota, FL	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Weaverville - 70 Reems Creek Road	Weaverville, NC	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Grant Medical Center	Columbus, OH	4,801 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood	Edgewood, KY	4,796 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Philips NAM Field Sales & Service	Andover, MA	4,812 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FDM Associates Inc - SFS	Red Bank, NJ	4,790 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.