State profile · OSHA ITA
Tennessee workplace safety
How 10,743 OSHA-reporting employers across Tennessee compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024.
- 10,743
- Employers
- 4.6
- Avg TCR
- 216,021
- Injuries
- 233
- Fatalities
The state picture
Tennessee's reporting employers average 4.6 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.7 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.
- 4.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 10,743
- employers reporting
- 216,021
- recordable injuries
- 233
- worker fatalities
State average reflects each state's industry mix. Sort the table below by each employer's own grade against its industry benchmark.
18% of Tennessee's reporting establishments earn an F and 19% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.
Where Tennessee ranks among states
54 states & territories by avg TCRTennessee's average TCR of 4.6 is lower than 83% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.
A second cut tells a different story: ranked by injury rate alone, Tennessee is #10 of 54. Ranked instead by fatalities per employer establishment, it's #53 of 54, a 43-place swing. A state can run a moderate everyday injury rate while its rarer, most severe incidents cluster differently; the two metrics measure different things and shouldn't be read as interchangeable.
How Tennessee Workplaces Compare
Tennessee hosts 10,743 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this Tennessee cohort, workers have logged 216,021 recordable injuries, producing a state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 4.6 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year during 2016–2024.
The state has recorded 233 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.
For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in Tennessee, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.
Employers in Tennessee, by injury rate
Page 104 of 215| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx Supply Chain-EG3 | Mount Juliet | General warehousing and stor | B | 3.3 |
| Westwood Health Care and Rehabilitation Center | Decaturville | Skilled nursing facilities | B | 3.3 |
| Clarke Power Services-127 | Antioch | Commercial and industrial ma | D | 3.3 |
| P&S Transportation Nashville, TN | Nashville | Flatbed trucking, long-dista | B | 3.3 |
| Store 1164 | Murfreesboro | Supermarkets and other groce | C | 3.3 |
| 5137 Fresenius Medical Care | Knoxville | Bonded warehousing, general | B | 3.3 |
| Ghertner & Company | Nashville | Housing authorities operatin | F | 3.3 |
| Kimball Store | Kimball | Retail | C | 3.3 |
| MCMINNVILLE_1372376 | Mcminnville | Mail and Parcel Delivery | B | 3.3 |
| White County | Sparta | Farm supplies merchant whole | D | 3.3 |
| Edwards Oil Company Inc. | Lawrenceburg | Gasoline stations with conve | C | 3.3 |
| Matrix Mechanical Solutions, LLC | Bon Aqua | HVAC (heating, ventilation a | C | 3.3 |
| Food City Store #603 | Church Hill | Supermarkets | C | 3.3 |
| 2662-4088 | Savannah | School and Employee Bus Tran | B | 3.3 |
| 4186-00395 | Bartlett | All Other General Merchandis | C | 3.3 |
| 304 | Springfield | Warehouse Clubs and Supercen | C | 3.3 |
| Easter Seals of TN | Lexington | Group homes, intellectual an | C | 3.3 |
| Tri-Star Skyline Madison Behavioral Campus | Madison | Mental health hospitals | C | 3.3 |
| Volunteer Behavioral Health Care Services-Athens Sweetfield GH | Athens | Mental Health | C | 3.3 |
| Hawkins Asphalt Paving, LLC | Shelbyville | Asphalt paving (i.e., highwa | C | 3.3 |
| 20850 Northeast | Memphis | Bus operation, school and em | B | 3.3 |
| Johnson & Galyon, Inc. | Knoxville | Commercial building construc | C | 3.3 |
| FedEx 2037 CALLAHAN ROAD | Louisville | Courier and Express Delivery | B | 3.3 |
| Unit #1965 | Goodlettsville | Retail | C | 3.3 |
| Food City Store #654 | Clinton | Supermarkets | C | 3.3 |
| 587 | Sparta | Warehouse Clubs and Supercen | C | 3.3 |
| 682 | Murfreesboro | Warehouse Clubs and Supercen | C | 3.3 |
| Pap Knoxville | Knoxville | Automotive parts accessories | C | 3.3 |
| Public Utility | Clinton | Distribution of electric pow | F | 3.3 |
| Bristol, TN | Bristol | Professional equipment and s | D | 3.3 |
| Pacific Manufacturing Tennessee | Jackson | Stamping metal motor vehicle | B | 3.3 |
| F. L. Crane & Sons Skids | Middleton | Skids and pallets, wood or w | C | 3.3 |
| Fletchline Companies | Springfield | Conveyor system installation | C | 3.3 |
| SA Recycling Pulaski | Pulaski | Metal scrap and waste mercha | D | 3.3 |
| At Home Stores #204 | Mt Juliet | Bath shops | C | 3.3 |
| STR0335 | Sevierville | Department stores except dis | C | 3.3 |
| TNKNO | Knoxville | Warm Air Heating and Air-Con | D | 3.3 |
| TN - Chattanooga - 920 17th St - The American Bottling Company | Chattanooga | Other Grocery and Related Pr | D | 3.3 |
| R E West Inc. | Ashland City | Trucking, specialized freigh | B | 3.3 |
| DC 42 - Nashville | La Vergne | Automotive Parts | B | 3.3 |
| Prisma Nashville LLC | Nashville | Textile broadwoven fabrics m | C | 3.3 |
| 663 | Athens | Warehouse Clubs and Supercen | C | 3.3 |
| 4533 | Oakland | Warehouse Clubs and Supercen | C | 3.3 |
| Crossville Distribution Center | Crossville | Ceramic tiles, floor and wal | C | 3.3 |
| Regal Beloit America, Inc (Riverview) | Erwin | Fractional horsepower electr | C | 3.3 |
| #031 Food Giant | Linden | - | C | 3.3 |
| Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center | Nashville | Hotel management services (i | C | 3.3 |
| Titanic Tennessee LLC | Pigeon Forge | Museums | C | 3.3 |
| Tosh Farms | Henry | Farm Management Services | B | 3.3 |
| Madison 10076 | Madison | Plasma Center | C | 3.3 |
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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What Tennessee's safety record means for you
Tennessee averages a TCR of 4.6 - about 1.7× the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. A state average hides wide employer-by-employer variation.
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State averages use the credible-subset mean across reporting establishments; they are statistical summaries, not regulatory assessments.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.