Employer · Tennessee

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University

Cookeville, TN · ~66 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University: 6.1 TCR = 136% of industry BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University safety composite

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Rising injury rate

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University: 3.7 → 8.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.56× in 2024

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University's TCR rose 4.8 from 3.7 in 2023 to 8.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561720 · Cookeville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 136% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #102/119
  • PHOTO BBB 15390
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BBB 15390 (0.0 TCR gap)

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HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University averages 6.1 TCR (136% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University TCR series: 2023=3.7 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 4.5

Where HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University falls in its industry

4,064 industry establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #102 safest of 119 industry employers in Tennessee.

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University (66 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University
HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University (66 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2

HES K12 at Tennessee Tech University has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2024 8.5 3.4 5 0 0
2023 3.7 3.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561720 · TN · Cookeville

4,064 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 135 employers in Cookeville, 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 BBB 15390 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clean Tech at Harris Stowe State University 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Management Resources Delaware State 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT BAY AREA MEDICAL CENTER 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 900-DREES-NASHVILLE 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chickasaw 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barnard Construction Company Inc. 272 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Young Electric Co., Inc 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSC -COPORATE SERVICE CENTER 974 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cookeville CSC 908 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cookeville CKV 4 855 FTE
CITY-NEAR PUTNAM COUNTY LOCAL GOVERNMENT 773 FTE
NAT-TCR Monroe S.D 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dan Pilson Auto Center 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Swaner Hardwood Co., Inc 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dipietro Enterprises LLC 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of LaGrange 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victor Stanley 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE T&C Contracting 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rbs - North Port 66 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. 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.