Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing · Tennessee
Nashville Glass Plant
Nashville, TN · ~448 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Nashville Glass Plant runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.5
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Nashville Glass Plant's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.5 to the Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (76% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Nashville Glass Plant's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Nashville Glass Plant falls in its industry
107 Flat glass (e.g., float, plate establishmentsSafer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Flat glass (e.g., float, plate employers in Tennessee.
Trend analysis for Nashville Glass Plant
Between 2018 and 2021, Nashville Glass Plant's Total Case Rate improved from 2.7 to 2.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 12% decrease across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 2.4, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 2.7, a spread of 0.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Nashville Glass Plant recorded 29 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-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 29 injuries, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Nashville Glass Plant are sourced from its own 2 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 327211 - Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
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.
7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 851,589 hours worked = 1.64 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nashville Glass Plant (this establishment) | 2.52 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 327211 |
| 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 Nashville Glass Plant 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.
- 2021: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 20 reportable incidents · 19 injuries, 0 illnesses, 1 fatality - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Nashville Glass Plant's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 76% of the Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing benchmark, Nashville Glass Plant reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing 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.