Elementary and secondary schools · Tennessee

Union Heights Elementary School

Carthage, TN · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Union Heights Elementary School runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade D.

Union Heights Elementary School: 2.2 TCR = 155% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Union Heights Elementary School safety composite

Union Heights Elementary School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Union Heights Elementary School held a steady TCR band

Union Heights Elementary School's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Carthage, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.2 · 155% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/36
  • PHOTO Secondary
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Secondary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Union Heights Elementary School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Union Heights Elementary School averages 2.2 TCR (155% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Union Heights Elementary School TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=11.4 · 2022=4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Union Heights Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 36 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Tennessee.

Union Heights Elementary School (35 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Union Heights Elementary School
Union Heights Elementary School (35 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Union Heights Elementary School has fewer employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2021 11.4 0.0 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · TN · Carthage

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 21 employers in Carthage, 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 Secondary 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Patrick Lynch Elementary 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ashby Public School 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 28-The Fair School 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE TN 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE 810 CRESCENT CENTRE DR FRANKLIN TN 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE 200 NOAH DR FRANKLIN TN 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Distribution and Business Office 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bonnell Aluminum 631 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bonnell Aluminum, Inc. - Carthage 485 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverview Medical Center 194 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 568 192 FTE
NAT-TCR AFP Transformers Corporation 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanderson Farms Laurel Feed Mill 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR F&P Georgia MFG 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Humphrey & Associates 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Flyway Excavating, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inovateus Solar 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairchild Equipment - Ham Lake 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goldman Equipment, LLC - West Monroe 35 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.