Animal exhibits, live · Tennessee

Tennessee Aquarium

Chattanooga, TN · ~238 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tennessee Aquarium runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal exhibits, live workplace, earning a grade D.

Tennessee Aquarium: 4.3 TCR = 139% of Animal exhibits, live BLS 3.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tennessee Aquarium safety composite

Tennessee Aquarium scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% 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 4.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−1.6

2016→2024

Tennessee Aquarium injury rate improved

Tennessee Aquarium's TCR fell 1.6 from 5.0 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 139% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK P72
  • PHOTO The Toledo Zoo
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 68 inj
  • SIZE ~238 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Toledo Zoo (0.1 TCR gap)

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Tennessee Aquarium in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tennessee Aquarium averages 4.3 TCR (139% of the Animal exhibits, live BLS benchmark).

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

Tennessee Aquarium TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=3 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.1

Where Tennessee Aquarium falls in its industry

174 Animal exhibits, live establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Tennessee Aquarium (238 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 05001,0001,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Tennessee Aquarium
Tennessee Aquarium (238 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Tennessee Aquarium has more employees than the Animal exhibits, live median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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 3.4 1.7 6 0 0
2023 8.6 4.6 15 0 0
2022 5.1 0.6 8 0 0
2021 3.0 2.3 4 0 0
2020 1.9 0.6 3 0 0
2019 3.8 1.9 8 0 0
2018 3.5 1.0 6 1 0
2017 4.4 0.0 8 1 0
2016 5.0 0.5 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · TN · Chattanooga

174 Animal exhibits, live 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 The Toledo Zoo 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Butterfly Pavilion & Insect Center 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monterey Bay Aquarium 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gold Bond Inc 238 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dal-Tile 658 Dickson Floor 238 FTE
STATE-SIZE 026-00684 238 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8010520 AGS at Ingram Micro 238 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 Highland Square Mustard Seed Market & Cafe, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR South Boston 103 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Leegin Creative Leather 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrollton TX Truss 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Geneva Park District 238 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parsons Government Center - General Government 238 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04160 - Irvine Hauling 238 FTE
NAT-SIZE MTS Byron Center 238 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.