Distribution of electric power · Tennessee
Sweetwater Utilities Board
Sweetwater, TN · ~54 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sweetwater Utilities Board runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 2.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 1.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Sweetwater Utilities Board's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.1 to the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark of 1.2 (178% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Sweetwater Utilities Board's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.2 industry benchmark.
Where Sweetwater Utilities Board falls in its industry
3,354 Distribution of electric power establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 74 Distribution of electric power employers in Tennessee.
Trend analysis for Sweetwater Utilities Board
Between 2023 and 2024, Sweetwater Utilities Board's Total Case Rate improved from 4.3 to 0.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 100% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 4.3, a spread of 4.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Sweetwater Utilities Board recorded 2 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 2 injuries shown on this page for Sweetwater Utilities Board are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 221122 - Distribution of electric power.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 93,062 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater Utilities Board (this establishment) | 2.13 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Distribution of electric power industry avg | 1.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 221122 |
| Tennessee state avg (all industries) | 4.09 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Sweetwater Utilities Board to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Sweetwater Utilities Board's reported OSHA injury record versus its Distribution of electric power peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 178% of the Distribution of electric power benchmark, Sweetwater Utilities Board reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Distribution of electric power sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.