Distribution of electric power · Tennessee

Newport Utilities

Newport, TN · ~105 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Newport Utilities runs at 413% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Newport Utilities: 5.0 TCR = 413% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newport Utilities safety composite

Newport Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Newport Utilities held a steady TCR band

Newport Utilities's TCR held near 0.0 from 8.1 in 2017 to 8.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.1 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=8.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Newport, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.0 · 413% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #44/70
  • PHOTO Eight Mile Crew Head…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eight Mile Crew Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)

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Newport Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Newport Utilities averages 5.0 TCR (413% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Newport Utilities TCR series: 2017=8.1 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Newport Utilities falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 70 Distribution of electric power employers in Tennessee.

Newport Utilities (105 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Newport Utilities
Newport Utilities (105 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Newport Utilities has more employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 8.2 5.1 8 0 0
2023 7.8 1.7 5 4 0
2022 4.1 2.0 3 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.2 2.5 4 1 0
2019 4.5 0.9 5 0 0
2018 2.8 1.8 3 0 0
2017 8.1 5.1 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · TN · Newport

2,958 Distribution of electric power 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 Eight Mile Crew Headquarters 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avista Sandpoint 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tennessee American Water 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE CFP TN NASHVILLE 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE AAkron Rule Corp. - Bakewell 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4330 Chattanooga Container 105 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 Genesis Ventures Inc 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Farm and Fleet of Jackson 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitcraft LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Concast Metal Products Company 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 3243 - Brooklyn Midwood 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE B18 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dover Precision Components 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE AST 105 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.