Painting traffic lanes or parking lots · Tennessee
Hamilton County Highway Department
Chattanooga, TN · ~83 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hamilton County Highway Department runs at 502% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Painting traffic lanes or parking lots workplace, earning a grade F.
Hamilton County Highway Department: 14.1 TCR = 502% of Painting traffic lanes or parking lots BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hamilton County Highway Department safety composite
Hamilton County Highway Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Hamilton County Highway Department: 7.1 → 15.7 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 18.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2021
Hamilton County Highway Department's TCR rose 8.6 from 7.1 in 2016 to 15.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 502% of ind
- DART 9.0 DART
- RANK #87/94
- PHOTO D7 Fairfield Yard
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 57 inj
- SIZE ~83 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: D7 Fairfield Yard (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hamilton County Highway Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- D9 Mt Vernon Y
D9 Mt Vernon Yard
14.2 TCR
- D9 West City Y
D9 West City Yard
14.2 TCR
- This site
Hamilton County Highway Department
14.1 TCR
- D7 Fairfield Y
D7 Fairfield Yard
14.1 TCR
- Highway Depart
Highway Department
14.1 TCR
What this shows Hamilton County Highway Department averages 14.1 TCR (502% of the Painting traffic lanes or parking lots BLS benchmark).
Hamilton County Highway Department TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=18.1 · 2019=17.5 · 2020=13 · 2021=15.7 · BLS 2.8
Where Hamilton County Highway Department falls in its industry
4,078 Painting traffic lanes or park establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #87 safest of 94 Painting traffic lanes or park employers in Tennessee.
Hamilton County Highway Department has more employees than the Painting traffic lanes or parking lots median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15.7 | 9.0 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13.0 | 5.4 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17.5 | 9.9 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 18.1 | 10.6 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.8 | 5.7 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · TN · Chattanooga
4,078 Painting traffic lanes or parking lots 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 | D7 Fairfield Yard | 14.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Highway Department | 14.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D9 Mt Vernon Yard | 14.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D9 West City Yard | 14.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Tullahoma Utilities Authority | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maxwell Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cable Tel Services, Inc. | 83 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Danny Davis Electrical Contractors, Inc. | 83 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 | 113078-Fort Myers Fl Vmf | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bristol Farms Central Kitchen | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PCC Community Markets Greenlake Aurora | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Hearthstone | 14.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | FiberVisions Products | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S.A. Comunale - Reading & Phillipsburg | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lowell Inc | 83 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oregon Fruit Products LLC | 83 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.