Highway construction · Tennessee
Tennessee Guardrail
Knoxville, TN · ~23 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 21.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tennessee Guardrail runs at 783% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Highway construction workplace, earning a grade F.
Tennessee Guardrail: 21.9 TCR = 783% of Highway construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tennessee Guardrail safety composite
Tennessee Guardrail scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 21.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−15.2
2016→2024
Tennessee Guardrail injury rate improved
Tennessee Guardrail's TCR fell 15.2 from 28.7 in 2016 to 13.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 33.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=28.7 · 2017=18.3 · 2018=25.1 · 2019=24.8 · 2020=22.2 · 2021=33.7 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=26.9 · 2024=13.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 21.9 · 783% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #94/94
- PHOTO D8 Columbia Yard
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 50 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: D8 Columbia Yard (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tennessee Guardrail in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Maintenance Bu
Maintenance Bureau - D5
22.2 TCR
- Cramer and Ass
Cramer and Associates
22.2 TCR
- This site
Tennessee Guardrail
21.9 TCR
- D8 Columbia Ya
D8 Columbia Yard
21.9 TCR
- County of Sacr
County of Sacramento - Department of Transportation
21.8 TCR
What this shows Tennessee Guardrail averages 21.9 TCR (783% of the Highway construction BLS benchmark).
Tennessee Guardrail TCR series: 2016=28.7 · 2017=18.3 · 2018=25.1 · 2019=24.8 · 2020=22.2 · 2021=33.7 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=26.9 · 2024=13.5 · BLS 2.8
Where Tennessee Guardrail falls in its industry
4,078 Highway construction establishmentsSafer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #94 safest of 94 Highway construction employers in Tennessee.
Tennessee Guardrail has fewer employees than the Highway construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 13.5 | 3.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 26.9 | 20.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 33.7 | 18.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 25.1 | 14.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 18.3 | 11.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 28.7 | 11.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · TN · Knoxville
4,078 Highway construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, 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 | D8 Columbia Yard | 21.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | County of Sacramento - Department of Transportation | 21.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maintenance Bureau - D5 | 22.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cramer and Associates | 22.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Manchester DREMC | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CDE - Metro Nashville District Energy System | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Avenue Construction | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cellular Sales Services Group LLC | 6,387 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University Health System, Inc | 5,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Functional Pathways of TN LLC | 2,258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HES Facilities Services K-12 | 2,157 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Denver ReStore | 21.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0547 Brooklyn | 21.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PMCI, Inc. | 21.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | B Street Health Center (BC) | 21.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Bartlesville North | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Junction City | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cleveland | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Do-All Drywall Operations, Inc. | 23 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.