Elementary and Secondary Schools · Tennessee
Metro Nashville Public Schools
Nashville, TN · ~9,049 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Metro Nashville Public Schools runs at 414% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and Secondary Schools workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2,402
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Metro Nashville Public Schools's OSHA Total Case Rate of 5.8 to the Elementary and Secondary Schools BLS benchmark of 1.4 (414% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Metro Nashville Public Schools's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.4 industry benchmark.
Where Metro Nashville Public Schools falls in its industry
3,671 Elementary and Secondary Schoo establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 36 Elementary and Secondary Schoo employers in Tennessee.
Trend analysis for Metro Nashville Public Schools
Between 2017 and 2024, Metro Nashville Public Schools's Total Case Rate worsened from 4.2 to 11.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 175% increase across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 1.7, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 11.4, a spread of 9.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Metro Nashville Public Schools recorded 2,402 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 2,402 injuries, 7 illnesses shown on this page for Metro Nashville Public Schools are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 611110 - Elementary and Secondary Schools.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
228 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 7,567,946 hours worked = 6.03 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Metro Nashville Public Schools (this establishment) | 5.80 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| High schools industry avg | 1.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 611110 |
| Tennessee state avg (all industries) | 4.09 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Metro Nashville Public Schools to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 433 reportable incidents · 433 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 405 reportable incidents · 405 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 392 reportable incidents · 392 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 174 reportable incidents · 174 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 129 reportable incidents · 129 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 467 reportable incidents · 462 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 200 reportable incidents · 199 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 209 reportable incidents · 208 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.4 | 6.0 | 433 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 405 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 392 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 174 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 129 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 462 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 199 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 208 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Metro Nashville Public Schools's reported OSHA injury record versus its Elementary and Secondary Schools peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 414% of the Elementary and Secondary Schools benchmark, Metro Nashville Public Schools reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Elementary and Secondary Schools sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.