Grain alcohol, beverage, manufacturing · Tennessee

Jack Daniel's Distillery

Lynchburg, TN · ~142 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jack Daniel's Distillery runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grain alcohol, beverage, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Jack Daniel's Distillery: 1.9 TCR = 56% of Grain alcohol, beverage, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jack Daniel's Distillery safety composite

Jack Daniel's Distillery scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−3.5

2016→2021

Jack Daniel's Distillery injury rate improved

Jack Daniel's Distillery's TCR fell 3.5 from 4.0 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312140 · Lynchburg, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #6/16
  • PHOTO Diageo Americas Supply
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Diageo Americas Supply (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jack Daniel's Distillery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jack Daniel's Distillery averages 1.9 TCR (56% of the Grain alcohol, beverage, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Jack Daniel's Distillery TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Jack Daniel's Distillery falls in its industry

114 Grain alcohol, beverage, manuf establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 16 Grain alcohol, beverage, manuf employers in Tennessee.

Jack Daniel's Distillery (142 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Jack Daniel's Distillery
Jack Daniel's Distillery (142 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Jack Daniel's Distillery has more employees than the Grain alcohol, beverage, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2021 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.8 0.6 3 0 0
2018 2.6 0.6 4 0 0
2017 2.3 0.6 4 0 0
2016 4.0 1.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312140 · TN · Lynchburg

114 Grain alcohol, beverage, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 8 employers in Lynchburg, 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 Diageo Americas Supply 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bulleit Distilling Co. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HeritageDistilling Distribution Warehouse 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MGPI Processing, Inc. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE LEB 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spring City Site 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Extrusion 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2609 LOWE S OF NEWPORT TN 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jack Daniel Bottling 647 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jack Daniel's Bottling 583 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jack Daniel Distillery 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Care Center of Lynchburg 96 FTE
NAT-TCR Kentucky Ear Nose and Throat 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR DPI Specialty Foods - Rocky Mountain 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Zimmermann & Jansen, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR BMW (Paint Shop) 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of Escondido 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Datamars Inc Temple 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Autumn Corporation 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allegany Health 142 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.