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
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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.

Sweetwater Utilities Board: 2.1 TCR = 178% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sweetwater Utilities Board safety composite

Sweetwater Utilities Board scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.3

2023→2024

Sweetwater Utilities Board injury rate improved

Sweetwater Utilities Board's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Sweetwater, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.1 · 178% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/70
  • PHOTO Dubuque Operating Ce…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dubuque Operating Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sweetwater Utilities Board in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sweetwater Utilities Board averages 2.1 TCR (178% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Sweetwater Utilities Board TCR series: 2023=4.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Sweetwater Utilities Board falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 70 Distribution of electric power employers in Tennessee.

Sweetwater Utilities Board (54 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sweetwater Utilities Board
Sweetwater Utilities Board (54 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sweetwater Utilities Board has fewer employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · TN · Sweetwater

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 28 employers in Sweetwater, 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 Dubuque Operating Center 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverside Generating Station 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clarke Electric Cooperative, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Benning T&D 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CEMC-Clarksville Annex 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE McIntosh 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROBERTSON CO - CNR274 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chemours Memphis 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR SCHOTT Gemtron Corporation 267 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4166 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gemtron 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4166 206 FTE
NAT-TCR Carolina Container High Point 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Air System Components 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Town of Leland: Municipal Operations Center 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stevensville 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE GHEMM Company 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Exact Stormwater Management, LLC 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elcon Precision, LLC 54 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.