Cabin construction general contractors · Tennessee

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC

Chattanooga, TN · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cabin construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC: 2.7 TCR = 70% of Cabin construction general contractors BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC safety composite

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.3

2019→2020

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC injury rate improved

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC's TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.3 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236115 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO Essex Homes of WNY
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Essex Homes of WNY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Spear Ironworks LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Spear Ironworks LLC averages 2.7 TCR (70% of the Cabin construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC TCR series: 2019=5.3 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Southern Spear Ironworks LLC falls in its industry

976 Cabin construction general con establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Cabin construction general con employers in Tennessee.

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC (69 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Spear Ironworks LLC
Southern Spear Ironworks LLC (69 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Southern Spear Ironworks LLC has more employees than the Cabin construction general contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 5.3 1.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236115 · TN · Chattanooga

976 Cabin construction general 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 Essex Homes of WNY 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eames Construction, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rush Commercial Construction 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stonegate Ventures LLC 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Decatur 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Landmark Construction and Emergency Sericves 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Region 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rembco Geotechnical Contractors, Inc. 69 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 CCG:CG005 - CG005-Baltimore, MD Metro 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR PTI:PT119 - PT119-Auburn, WA - UG 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR General Shale Mooresville 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Westwego 153 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oilgear 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Innovative Mechanical Inc 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tiger Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning, and Electrical Services 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Headquarters and Electrode Technology Center 69 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: 2020, 2019. 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.