Telecommunications · Tennessee
SC400 - Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
SC400 - Chattanooga runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications workplace, earning a grade D.
SC400 - Chattanooga: 5.3 TCR = 189% of Telecommunications BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
SC400 - Chattanooga safety composite
SC400 - Chattanooga scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−0.6
2016→2018
SC400 - Chattanooga injury rate improved
SC400 - Chattanooga's TCR fell 0.6 from 4.4 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.4 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=3.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237130 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 189% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #21/26
- PHOTO Cal West Underground…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cal West Underground, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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SC400 - Chattanooga in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
SC400 - Chattanooga
5.3 TCR
- Cal West Under
Cal West Underground, Inc.
5.3 TCR
- Tilson Technol
Tilson Technology Management, Inc., Spanish Fort, AL
5.3 TCR
- St. Joseph
St. Joseph
5.3 TCR
- NSK11 - North
NSK11 - North Sky - Sherwood
5.3 TCR
What this shows SC400 - Chattanooga averages 5.3 TCR (189% of the Telecommunications BLS benchmark).
SC400 - Chattanooga TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=3.7 · BLS 2.8
Where SC400 - Chattanooga falls in its industry
1,605 Telecommunications establishmentsSafer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 26 Telecommunications employers in Tennessee.
SC400 - Chattanooga has fewer employees than the Telecommunications median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237130 · TN · Chattanooga
1,605 Telecommunications 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Cal West Underground, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tilson Technology Management, Inc., Spanish Fort, AL | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | St. Joseph | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NSK11 - North Sky - Sherwood | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Manchester DREMC | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CDE - Metro Nashville District Energy System | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Avenue Construction | 23 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 | League City (Txlci) | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gaffney (Scgny) | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Board Mill Operations | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Desert View Home Health | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | WSMTN - Spectrum-Mountain Region | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NFOG0 - Ogden UT | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LC033 - Greencastle | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CG006 - Bound Brook, NJ | 23 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.