Distribution of natural gas · Tennessee

Oak Ridge Utility District

Oak Ridge, TN · ~52 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Oak Ridge Utility District runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade D.

Oak Ridge Utility District: 1.8 TCR = 147% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oak Ridge Utility District safety composite

Oak Ridge Utility District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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%).

Oak Ridge Utility District held a steady TCR band

Oak Ridge Utility District's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.4 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Oak Ridge, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 1.8 · 147% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/19
  • PHOTO Jamestown SC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jamestown SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Oak Ridge Utility District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Oak Ridge Utility District averages 1.8 TCR (147% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Oak Ridge Utility District TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Oak Ridge Utility District falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 19 Distribution of natural gas employers in Tennessee.

Oak Ridge Utility District (52 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Oak Ridge Utility District
Oak Ridge Utility District (52 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Oak Ridge Utility District has fewer employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.2 0.0 0 1 0
2018 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · TN · Oak Ridge

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 107 employers in Oak Ridge, 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 Jamestown SC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DPL-Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fountain 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Tennessee Public Utility District 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Etowah Utilities 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Powell Valley Electric Cooperative New Tazewell 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE TDK Construction Company 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vintage Cleveland 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR UCOR 1,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) EPC Work) 1,637 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uranium Processng Facility (UPF) (EPC Work) 1,250 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1969-MMC1 1,180 FTE
NAT-TCR Dart Container Lancaster 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Lift Trucks Vandalia 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR PaulB LLC Lititz 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydrite - Visalia 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chicago Terminal 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andax Industries, LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Machine Company, Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE XJP 52 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.