Hospice care services, in home · Tennessee

Hospice of Chattanooga

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Chattanooga, TN · ~309 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 7.4
Avg TCR: 5.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hospice of Chattanooga runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hospice care services, in home workplace, earning a grade D.

Hospice of Chattanooga: 7.4 TCR = 142% of Hospice care services, in home BLS 5.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hospice of Chattanooga safety composite

Hospice of Chattanooga scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Hospice of Chattanooga: 5.2 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.55× in 2020

Hospice of Chattanooga's TCR rose 0.7 from 5.2 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621610 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.4 · 142% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #46/66
PHOTO VB Frederick Center
BOOK 5y book
INJ 99 inj
SIZE ~309 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VB Frederick Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hospice of Chattanooga averages 7.4 TCR (142% of the Hospice care services, in home BLS benchmark).

Hospice of Chattanooga TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=7 · 2020=5.9 · BLS 5.2

Where Hospice of Chattanooga falls in its industry

3,635 Hospice care services, in home establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 66 Hospice care services, in home employers in Tennessee.

Hospice of Chattanooga (309 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Hospice of Chattanooga has more employees than the Hospice care services, in home median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2020	5.9	4.0	18	1
2019	7.0	1.5	23	0
2018	10.1	2.6	27	0
2017	8.7	3.9	22	0
2016	5.2	4.3	9	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621610 · TN · Chattanooga

3,635 Hospice care services, in home 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	VB Frederick Center	FREDERICK, MD	7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chandler Hospice	CHANDLER, OK	7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Newman Hospice	NEWMAN, GA	7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Well-Spring Home Care	GREENSBORO, NC	7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WM 676	ROCKWOOD	309 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CLAIBORNE MEDICAL CENTER	TAZEWELL	309 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Etowah	ETOWAH	310 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US Foods - Memphis	MEMPHIS	310 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHATTANOOGA COKE	Chattanooga	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHATTANOOGA FOOD	Chattanooga	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USXpress	Chattanooga	7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cardiology GB	Chattanooga	6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR	Amazon Transportation Services : LAS5	Las Vegas, NV	7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Urban Horizons	Bronx, NY	7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	City of Morrison	Morrison, IL	7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	St Maries	St Maries, ID	7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mandel Jewish Community Center	Beachwood, OH	309 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Asplundh Tree Expert LLC Region 057	Batesville, IN	309 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ace Hardware Retail Support Center (Moxee)	Moxee, WA	309 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Home Office DriveTime	Tempe, AZ	309 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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