Retirement communities, continuing care · Tennessee

Hickory Valley Retirement

Chattanooga, TN · ~51 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hickory Valley Retirement runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retirement communities, continuing care workplace, earning a grade F.

Hickory Valley Retirement: 8.0 TCR = 210% of Retirement communities, continuing care BLS 3.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hickory Valley Retirement safety composite

Hickory Valley Retirement scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Hickory Valley Retirement: 5.5 → 7.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 16.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2024

Hickory Valley Retirement's TCR rose 1.8 from 5.5 in 2017 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 210% of ind

  • DART 7.3 DART
  • RANK #60/100
  • PHOTO The Enclave of East …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Enclave of East Louisville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hickory Valley Retirement in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hickory Valley Retirement averages 8.0 TCR (210% of the Retirement communities, continuing care BLS benchmark).

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

Hickory Valley Retirement TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=16.2 · 2019=5 · 2020=6 · 2021=16.2 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.8

Where Hickory Valley Retirement falls in its industry

4,127 Retirement communities, contin establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 100 Retirement communities, contin employers in Tennessee.

Hickory Valley Retirement (51 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hickory Valley Retirement
Hickory Valley Retirement (51 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Hickory Valley Retirement has fewer employees than the Retirement communities, continuing care median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 7.3 7.3 3 0 0
2023 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2022 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2021 16.2 16.2 6 0 0
2020 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2019 5.0 0.0 2 0 0
2018 16.2 10.8 6 0 0
2017 5.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · TN · Chattanooga

4,127 Retirement communities, continuing care 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 The Enclave of East Louisville 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cedarhurst Living, LLC - Arnold 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lasell Village 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilkinson Woods VLC 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Erwin Utilities 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Denark Construction, Inc. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE JOSEPH Construction Company, Inc. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE J. S. Haren Company 51 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 Gerard Electric LLC 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cranberry Superstore 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hustler Conveyor Company 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Louisville, Ky Branch 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Apco Building Specialties Inc 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE E. Smith Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stamina Products, Inc. 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE JBM Sherman Carmel, Inc. 51 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, 2022, 2021, 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.