Hotels (except casino hotels) · Tennessee

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn

Pigeon Forge, TN · ~25 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hotels (except casino hotels) workplace, earning a grade A.

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn: 1.3 TCR = 42% of Hotels (except casino hotels) BLS 3.0 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn safety composite

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn: 0.0 → 5.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn's TCR rose 5.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 721110 · Pigeon Forge, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/219
  • PHOTO Copper River Princes…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Copper River Princess Lodge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn averages 1.3 TCR (42% of the Hotels (except casino hotels) BLS benchmark).

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

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.0

Where Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn falls in its industry

9,342 Hotels (except casino hotels) establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 219 Hotels (except casino hotels) employers in Tennessee.

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn (25 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn
Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn (25 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Michael L. Shular D/B/A La Quinta Inn has fewer employees than the Hotels (except casino hotels) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 5.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

721110 · TN · Pigeon Forge

9,342 Hotels (except casino hotels) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 45 employers in Pigeon Forge, 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 Copper River Princess Lodge 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 106 HYTHE- MANAGED 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Branson Tourism Center 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pear Tree Inn - St. Louis near Union Station 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1855-AHSCM05 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE TNN009 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE TNN012 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Residence Inn 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dollywood Company - Dollywood 2,289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dollywood 1,561 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dollywood Company - Dollywood Splash Country 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dixie Stampede 310 FTE
NAT-TCR CMC Construction Services Baton Rouge 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ARK 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR NCH 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Howmet - La Porte Castings 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mitchell Container Services 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vcf 112 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Charles 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kentucky Oaks Mall 25 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, 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.