Water supply systems · Tennessee

Hixson Utility District

Hixson, TN · ~26 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hixson Utility District runs at 1086% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water supply systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Hixson Utility District: 13.0 TCR = 1086% of Water supply systems BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hixson Utility District safety composite

Hixson Utility District scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.4

2016→2023

Hixson Utility District injury rate improved

Hixson Utility District's TCR fell 7.4 from 11.7 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 31.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.7 · 2017=31.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=17.6 · 2023=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Hixson, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.0 · 1086% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO Lake Arrowhead Commu…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lake Arrowhead Community Services District (0.1 TCR gap)

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Hixson Utility District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hixson Utility District averages 13.0 TCR (1086% of the Water supply systems BLS benchmark).

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

Hixson Utility District TCR series: 2016=11.7 · 2017=31.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=12.8 · 2020=17.6 · 2023=4.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Hixson Utility District falls in its industry

727 Water supply systems establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Water supply systems employers in Tennessee.

Hixson Utility District (26 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hixson Utility District
Hixson Utility District (26 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Hixson Utility District has fewer employees than the Water supply systems median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2023 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2020 17.6 8.8 2 2 0
2019 12.8 8.6 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 31.6 15.8 4 4 0
2016 11.7 3.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · TN · Hixson

727 Water supply systems 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 Lake Arrowhead Community Services District 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Graham 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Goshen Water & Sewer 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR W/W Line Crews 13.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod - Nashville 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tobacco Pride 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tennessee Farms 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE CEMC-Springfield 26 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 Atlantic Specialty Care 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Northern Regional CFA Business Office 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community 13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-03095 13.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gold-Eagle Cooperative-Goldfield 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE RAZ Construction LLC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Empire Wastewater Treatment Plant 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc H & F Transport 26 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: 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.