Painting (except roof) contractors · Tennessee

Southeast Painters Inc.

Chattanooga, TN · ~30 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southeast Painters Inc. runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Painting (except roof) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Southeast Painters Inc.: 1.1 TCR = 39% of Painting (except roof) contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southeast Painters Inc. safety composite

Southeast Painters Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

Southeast Painters Inc. held a steady TCR band

Southeast Painters Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238320 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/10
  • PHOTO Gayton & Sons, Inc d…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gayton & Sons, Inc dba Gayton Painting (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southeast Painters Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southeast Painters Inc. averages 1.1 TCR (39% of the Painting (except roof) contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Southeast Painters Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Southeast Painters Inc. falls in its industry

582 Painting (except roof) contrac establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

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 10 Painting (except roof) contrac employers in Tennessee.

Southeast Painters Inc. (30 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southeast Painters Inc.
Southeast Painters Inc. (30 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Southeast Painters Inc. has fewer employees than the Painting (except roof) contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.2 0.0 1 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238320 · TN · Chattanooga

582 Painting (except roof) contractors 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 Gayton & Sons, Inc dba Gayton Painting 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lessar Painting, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yamada Paint Contracting, Inc. dba GW Construction 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Connor Fine Painting 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waynes Knoxville 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cornerstone Restoration Services, LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. of Tennessee 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE KCS 30 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 JC&A Electrical Contractors, Inc 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Program Support Center 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dedicated LIDL 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Giant Industries 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courtyard Lafayette Airport 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Boise Parkcenter Independent Living 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sundancer Electric 30 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.