Natural gas distribution systems · Tennessee

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District

Newport, TN · ~48 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Natural gas distribution systems workplace, earning a grade F.

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District: 2.5 TCR = 209% of Natural gas distribution systems BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District safety composite

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District held a steady TCR band

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Newport, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.5 · 209% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/19
  • PHOTO 235-NiSource-Neville…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 235-NiSource-Neville Island PA MOD Site (0.0 TCR gap)

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Jefferson Cocke County Utility District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Jefferson Cocke County Utility District averages 2.5 TCR (209% of the Natural gas distribution systems BLS benchmark).

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

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=4 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Jefferson Cocke County Utility District falls in its industry

1,153 Natural gas distribution syste establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 19 Natural gas distribution syste employers in Tennessee.

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District (48 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Jefferson Cocke County Utility District
Jefferson Cocke County Utility District (48 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Jefferson Cocke County Utility District has fewer employees than the Natural gas distribution systems median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2022 6.1 4.0 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · TN · Newport

1,153 Natural gas distribution systems employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 38 employers in Newport, 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 235-NiSource-Neville Island PA MOD Site 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GREENPOINT SERVICE CENTER (NY50) 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTH ALBANY OPERATING HQTRS (NY01) 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LNG Center 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bolivar Energy Authority 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Department 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chattanooga Service Center 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE T. U. Parks Construction Company 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Newport TN Housing 567 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Newport TN Farm 470 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport 456 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport TN 422 FTE
NAT-TCR MCM Technologies, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lewiston Terminal 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Formulated Solutions, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR S03993 - Ambridge Hauling 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Applied Medical Technology 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Element Bozeman 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glasswater Creek of Plainfield 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Findlay Vinyl 48 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.