Medical Transport · Tennessee

Volkswagen Group of America Operations

Name: Volkswagen Group of America Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chattanooga, TN · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 15.4
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Volkswagen Group of America Operations runs at 404% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Medical Transport workplace, earning a grade F.

Volkswagen Group of America Operations: 15.4 TCR = 404% of Medical Transport BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Volkswagen Group of America Operations safety composite

Volkswagen Group of America Operations scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 15.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: F 30.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Volkswagen Group of America Operations: 0.0 → 30.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 30.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2020

Volkswagen Group of America Operations's TCR rose 30.7 from 0.0 in 2019 to 30.7 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621910 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.4 · 404% of ind

DART 30.7 DART
RANK #23/28
PHOTO Knox Ambulance Oper…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Knox Ambulance Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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15.4
Knox Ambulance

15.4
Abilene TX Op

15.4
EHP - Monroe

15.4
1012-Union EMS

15.3

What this shows Volkswagen Group of America Operations averages 15.4 TCR (404% of the Medical Transport BLS benchmark).

Volkswagen Group of America Operations TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=30.7 · BLS 3.8

Where Volkswagen Group of America Operations falls in its industry

976 Medical Transport establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 28 Medical Transport employers in Tennessee.

Volkswagen Group of America Operations (24 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 8.3

Volkswagen Group of America Operations has fewer employees than the Medical Transport median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.3. 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
2020	30.7	30.7	1	6	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621910 · TN · Chattanooga

976 Medical Transport 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Knox Ambulance Operations	KNOXVILLE, TN	15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1012-Union EMS	MONROE, NC	15.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Abilene TX Operations	ABILENE, TX	15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EHP - Monroe	MONROE, MI	15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	RIVERSIDE FUQUA FARMS LLC	SPRINGFIELD	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Buy Sod USA - Nashville Sod Farm	EAGLEVILLE	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	West Warren-Viola Utility District	MORRISON	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JOB 268BG Rutherford County	MURFREESBORO	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHATTANOOGA COKE	Chattanooga	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CHATTANOOGA FOOD	Chattanooga	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USXpress	Chattanooga	7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cardiology GB	Chattanooga	6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR	KCN Cook County	Chicago, IL	15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Creekside Inn	Palo Alto, CA	15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arbor - Community High School District 117	Lake Villa, IL	15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	CLARO / PRT - Modulos Humacao y CO	Humacao, PR	15.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Werner Enterprises/ELPTX Terminal	El Paso, TX	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0000000122 Quick Chek Food Stores	North Plainfield, NJ	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bentonville 134	Bentonville, AR	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0000000105 Quickchek Food Stores	Piscataway, NJ	24 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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