Distribution of electric power · Tennessee

Sweetwater Utilities

Name: Sweetwater Utilities Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sweetwater, TN · ~53 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.1
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sweetwater Utilities runs at 424% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Sweetwater Utilities: 5.1 TCR = 424% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sweetwater Utilities safety composite

Sweetwater Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−6.3

2018→2022

Sweetwater Utilities injury rate improved

Sweetwater Utilities's TCR fell 6.3 from 8.5 in 2018 to 2.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.5 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 424% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #46/70
PHOTO UCEMC Livingston
BOOK 5y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UCEMC Livingston (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.1
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5.1

What this shows Sweetwater Utilities averages 5.1 TCR (424% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

Sweetwater Utilities TCR series: 2018=8.5 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=2.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Sweetwater Utilities falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 70 Distribution of electric power employers in Tennessee.

Sweetwater Utilities (53 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sweetwater Utilities has fewer employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher 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
2022	2.2	2.2	1	0
2021	2.2	0.0	1	0
2020	6.3	2.1	2	1
2019	6.3	2.1	3	0
2018	8.5	4.3	4	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	UCEMC Livingston	LIVINGSTON, TN	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tillamook People's Utility District	TILLAMOOK, OR	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carlsbad Service Center-188	CARLSBAD, NM	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Osage Valley Electric	BUTLER, MO	5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Humboldt Utilities	HUMBOLDT	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Savannah Office	SAVANNAH	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GCC Construction	CHATTANOOGA	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Madison Suburban Utility District	MADISON	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SCHOTT Gemtron Corporation	Sweetwater	267 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 4166	Sweetwater	241 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gemtron	Sweetwater	231 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4166	Sweetwater	206 FTE
NAT-TCR	United Support Solution-LMT inc	Cedar Grove, NJ	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Monte Vista Christian School	Watsonville, CA	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carlsbad Service Center-188	Carlsbad, NM	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hampton High School	Hampton, VA	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Heyburn Facility	Heyburn, ID	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	M.J. Cataldo Landscape and Construction, Inc.	Littleton, MA	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Springfield	Springfield, MN	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sams Excavating Unlimited	Ashville, OH	53 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.