Drive-in restaurants · Tennessee

Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC

Decherd, TN · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drive-in restaurants workplace, earning a grade F.

Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC: 8.7 TCR = 289% of Drive-in restaurants BLS 3.0 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC safety composite

Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.62 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

Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC: 6.2 → 14.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 14.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2019

Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC's TCR rose 7.9 from 6.2 in 2017 to 14.1 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722513 · Decherd, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.7 · 289% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK P22
  • PHOTO 009 Plaza Carolina
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 009 Plaza Carolina (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC averages 8.7 TCR (289% of the Drive-in restaurants BLS benchmark).

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

Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC TCR series: 2017=6.2 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=14.1 · BLS 3.0

Where Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC falls in its industry

1,014 Drive-in restaurants establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC (57 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC
Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC (57 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Sonic Drive in of Winchester LLC has more employees than the Drive-in restaurants median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2019 14.1 5.6 5 0 0
2018 5.8 0.0 2 0 0
2017 6.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722513 · TN · Decherd

1,014 Drive-in restaurants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 9 employers in Decherd, 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 009 Plaza Carolina 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Denny's 7156 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Legacy Wendy's-208 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bechtelsville 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Middle TN Electric Membership Corporation (Downtown) 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Christman Company - Knoxville, TN 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hawkins Asphalt Paving Main Office 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Polishing Technologies, Inc. 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decherd Powertrain Assembly 1,738 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yates Services, LLC @ Nissan (Decherd) 446 FTE
CITY-NEAR Infiniti Engine Plant - Decherd 348 FTE
CITY-NEAR 026-00503 102 FTE
NAT-TCR Greenville Parts Distribution Center 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR SVC - Inn at the Park 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Original Mattress Factory - Charlotte 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. --Harrisonville 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Faf Mia 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Faf Ind 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ut Go (Corporate - M) 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Region XII Council of Governments, Inc. 57 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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