Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) · Tennessee

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant

Chattanooga, TN · ~252 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) workplace, earning a grade A.

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant: 0.3 TCR = 17% of Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) BLS 2.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant safety composite

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.4

2016→2019

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant injury rate improved

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812921 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 17% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P85
  • PHOTO Lifetouch Muncie
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~252 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lifetouch Muncie (0.2 TCR gap)

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Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant averages 0.3 TCR (17% of the Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.1

Where Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant falls in its industry

13 Film developing and printing ( establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant (252 employees, TCR 0.3) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 13 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant
Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant (252 employees, TCR 0.3) among 12 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Lifetouch National School Studios - Chattanooga Plant has more employees than the Film developing and printing (except mot median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812921 · TN · Chattanooga

13 Film developing and printing (except motion picture, one-hour) 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 Lifetouch Muncie 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nations Photo Lab 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifetouch Preschool and Studio Photography Plant 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifetouch Church Directories Inc. Galion Plant 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jefferson Memorial Hospital 252 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0146 - White Bridge 252 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hennessy Industries 252 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Coats Company LLC 252 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 MilliporeSigma - LACLEDE 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR WA012 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Port Charlotte 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Williamsville CUSD #15 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alabama Power Company - Miller Plant 252 FTE
NAT-SIZE RBC Bearings, Aircraft Products, Inc. 252 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of North Alabama(Formerly HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hos. 252 FTE
NAT-SIZE Multnomah County Bldg 437 / Multnomah Co. East 252 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: 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.