Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Tennessee

Industrial Fabricators, Inc.

Chattanooga, TN · ~37 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Industrial Fabricators, Inc. runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Industrial Fabricators, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 95% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Industrial Fabricators, Inc. safety composite

Industrial Fabricators, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−5.2

2016→2024

Industrial Fabricators, Inc. injury rate improved

Industrial Fabricators, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.2 from 5.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 95% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/40
  • PHOTO Basden Architectural
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Basden Architectural (0.0 TCR gap)

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Industrial Fabricators, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Industrial Fabricators, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (95% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Industrial Fabricators, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Industrial Fabricators, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 40 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Tennessee.

Industrial Fabricators, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Industrial Fabricators, Inc.
Industrial Fabricators, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Industrial Fabricators, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.2 4.8 3 0 0
2022 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.1 0.0 2 0 0
2018 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 5.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · TN · Chattanooga

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing 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 Basden Architectural 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Encore Steel Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trinity Meyer Plant 1611 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Claremore OK - Utility Shipping 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shelbyville Hatchery 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dyersburg Electric System 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corp 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE RFW CONSTRUCTION GROUP 37 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 Distribution - Chicago IL 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Corbin 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Orangeburg - Cable Plant 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR plain city 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lincoln 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moran Center 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE DOL009 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courtyard Danbury 37 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, 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.