453310 Used Merchandise Stores · Tennessee

Hixson

Hixson, TN · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hixson runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical 453310 Used Merchandise Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Hixson: 6.6 TCR = 194% of 453310 Used Merchandise Stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hixson safety composite

Hixson scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

Hixson: 4.8 → 8.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2024

Hixson's TCR rose 3.6 from 4.8 in 2023 to 8.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Hixson, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 194% of ind

  • DART 8.4 DART
  • RANK #49/63
  • PHOTO 5224 Russellville
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 5224 Russellville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hixson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hixson averages 6.6 TCR (194% of the 453310 Used Merchandise Stores BLS benchmark).

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

Hixson TCR series: 2023=4.8 · 2024=8.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Hixson falls in its industry

1,556 453310 Used Merchandise Stores establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 63 453310 Used Merchandise Stores employers in Tennessee.

Hixson (28 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hixson
Hixson (28 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Hixson has fewer employees than the 453310 Used Merchandise Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 8.4 8.4 2 0 0
2023 4.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · TN · Hixson

1,556 453310 Used Merchandise Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 43 employers in Hixson, 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 5224 Russellville 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Priest 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Broadway St. Chicago IL Store 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR McColl Store 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE K&K Tobacco Farms LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tosh Pork Martin 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCEMC Livingston 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lashlee-Rich, Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primary Care Hixson 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Womens Health 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawson Electric Co., Inc. 466 FTE
CITY-NEAR 41020001-410301 CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HIXSON 387 FTE
NAT-TCR The Inn at Summit Trail 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohcol - Obetz 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Walla Walla 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sam Hill & Sons, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cedar Rapids Ia Sales Center 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gamrw - Ups Mail Innovations Rpf 13 - 10303 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ilpei - Peoria 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nybff - Buffalo 28 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.