Mufflers and resonators, automotive, truck, and buses manufacturing · Tennessee

Tenneco Smithville

Smithville, TN · ~481 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tenneco Smithville runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mufflers and resonators, automotive, truck, and buses manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Tenneco Smithville: 2.0 TCR = 38% of Mufflers and resonators, automotive, truck, and buses manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tenneco Smithville safety composite

Tenneco Smithville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−4.0

2016→2022

Tenneco Smithville injury rate improved

Tenneco Smithville's TCR fell 4.0 from 5.2 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Smithville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #12/37
  • PHOTO ABC Automotive Syste…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 60 inj
  • SIZE ~481 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABC Automotive Systems Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tenneco Smithville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tenneco Smithville averages 2.0 TCR (38% of the Mufflers and resonators, automotive, truck, and buses manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tenneco Smithville TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1 · 2022=1.2 · BLS 5.4

Where Tenneco Smithville falls in its industry

772 Mufflers and resonators, autom establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 37 Mufflers and resonators, autom employers in Tennessee.

Tenneco Smithville (481 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tenneco Smithville
Tenneco Smithville (481 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Tenneco Smithville has more employees than the Mufflers and resonators, automotive, tru median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 1.2 0.4 6 0 0
2021 1.0 1.0 4 0 0
2020 1.6 1.3 5 0 0
2019 1.2 1.2 5 0 0
2016 5.2 3.8 40 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · TN · Smithville

772 Mufflers and resonators, automotive, truck, and buses manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 25 employers in Smithville, 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 ABC Automotive Systems Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR B and C Research 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR TMG Performance Products 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nelson Global Products - Clinton 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE JNJ Express, INC 481 FTE
STATE-SIZE LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER 481 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tuff Torq Corporation 480 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawson Electric company 483 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal-Mogul Motorparts 533 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal-Mogul Corporation 438 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHIROKI North America - Smithville 423 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tenneco (formerly Federal Mogul) 325 FTE
NAT-TCR Cole Fox 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Back Cove Yachts 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Banker Insulation - Corporate Office 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE King County Public Defense 481 FTE
NAT-SIZE CGI Windows and Doors, Inc. 481 FTE
NAT-SIZE IPLSIN01 481 FTE
NAT-SIZE Epiroc Drilling Solutions - Garland PC 481 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, 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.