Elementary and secondary schools · Tennessee
Smith County Middle School
Carthage, TN · ~42 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 1.4
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smith County Middle School runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade C.
Smith County Middle School: 1.4 TCR = 99% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smith County Middle School safety composite
Smith County Middle School scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Smith County Middle School: 3.4 → 6.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2.15× in 2024
Smith County Middle School's TCR rose 2.6 from 3.4 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611110 · Carthage, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 1.4 · 99% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #12/36
- PHOTO Lafayette High Schoo…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lafayette High School (001) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Smith County Middle School in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Smith County Middle School
1.4 TCR
- Lafayette High
Lafayette High School (001)
1.4 TCR
- District Wide
District Wide
1.4 TCR
- ISD 281 Robbin
ISD 281 Robbinsdale - SEA at Olson
1.4 TCR
- Redrock Centra
Redrock Central High School
1.4 TCR
What this shows Smith County Middle School averages 1.4 TCR (99% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).
Smith County Middle School TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=6 · BLS 1.4
Where Smith County Middle School falls in its industry
3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 36 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Tennessee.
Smith County Middle School has fewer employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611110 · TN · Carthage
3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 21 employers in Carthage, 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 | Lafayette High School (001) | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | District Wide | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ISD 281 Robbinsdale - SEA at Olson | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Redrock Central High School | 1.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Benton County Electric System | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Citizens Gas Utility District | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Providence Builders | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PCC Johnson City | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bonnell Aluminum | 631 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bonnell Aluminum, Inc. - Carthage | 485 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Riverview Medical Center | 194 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 568 | 192 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | The Republic | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Haddad Subaru | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AAF Flanders FFI | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Charles D. Lowder, Inc. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The Fountains at Greenbriar | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heartland Express Chester | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | McD Metals, LLC | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 027-BGR | 42 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.