Pathology laboratories, medical · Tennessee

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center

Chattanooga, TN · ~18 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pathology laboratories, medical workplace, earning a grade A.

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center: 1.5 TCR = 39% of Pathology laboratories, medical BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center safety composite

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.0

2018→2021

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center injury rate improved

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center's TCR fell 6.0 from 6.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621511 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO Myriad Neurosciences
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Myriad Neurosciences (0.0 TCR gap)

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PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center averages 1.5 TCR (39% of the Pathology laboratories, medical BLS benchmark).

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

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center TCR series: 2018=6 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.8

Where PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center falls in its industry

162 Pathology laboratories, medica establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Pathology laboratories, medica employers in Tennessee.

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center (18 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center
PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center (18 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.0

PathGroup @ Erlanger Medical Center has fewer employees than the Pathology laboratories, medical median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621511 · TN · Chattanooga

162 Pathology laboratories, medical employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Myriad Neurosciences 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ambry Genetics - 15 Argonaut 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vizia Diagnostics 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Halls Gin Company 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwest Tennessee EMC - Atoka 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE sbi Field Operations 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE 505 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Kliklok LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Hca - Clear Lake Regional 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross Soil Service LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR C7-Waterford Showroom 1.5 TCR

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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.