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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.

Tennessee grade distribution 10,743 graded establishments · width = share

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 TCR

Tennessee's average TCR of 4.6 is lower than 83% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.

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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

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Employer CityIndustryGradeAvg TCR
Advanced Power & Lighting, LLC - 230 Hixon Pole line construction C 2.7
East Tennessee Medical Group Alcoa Medical doctors' (MDs, excep B 2.7
Tmx2329 - Knoxville Knoxville - B 2.7
H.G. Hill Urban Market #12 Nashville Grocery stores C 2.7
230 Kingsport Kingsport Traffic Control C 2.7
Transport Service 60025 Kingsport Kingsport Tanker trucking long distanc B 2.7
Southwest Tennessee EMC - Covington Covington Electric power control F 2.7
Arrow Exterminators 2021 Knoxville 561710 Exterminating and Pes B 2.7
Pratt (Triad Packaging), LLC. Bristol Boxes, corrugated and solid C 2.7
Mann+Hummel USA,INC. Plant 3 Dunlap Air filters, automotive, tru B 2.7
AWG, Nashville Goodlettsville General-line groceries merch D 2.7
Wilderness at the Smokies Sevierville Resort hotels without casino C 2.7
Lewisburg Printing Company Lewisburg Offset printing (except book C 2.7
Textile Printing Company Chattanooga Boxes, folding (except corru C 2.7
Camden Division Camden Plastic injection molding & C 2.7
Battery Plant - Smyrna Smyrna Batteries, storage, manufact C 2.7
Toyota Boshoku Tennessee, LLC Jackson Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping B 2.7
Insituform Technologies LLC - LaVergne Lavergne Utility line (i.e., sewer, w C 2.7
Nifco America Corporation TN Lavergne Motor vehicle moldings and e C 2.7
H & R Agripower Fayetteville, TN Fayetteville Agricultural machinery and e D 2.7
Town of Smyrna Fire Department Smyrna Executive and legislative of C 2.7
01418 - Store # 1418 Portland Portland Grocery Stores B 2.7
Union City Shower Doors Union City Doors, unframed glass, made C 2.7
8292 Memphis Warehouse Clubs and Supercen B 2.7
Jackson Plant Jackson Coolers or ice chests, polys C 2.7
BlueScope Buildings North America Jackson TN Jackson Buildings, prefabricated met C 2.7
Masonite Architectural Jefferson City Doors, wood and covered wood C 2.7
Ashley Furniture Homestore- Cordova Cordova Furniture and appliance stor B 2.7
RMDS Memphis Memphis General freight trucking, lo B 2.7
4030 Meharry Medical College Nashville Cafeteria food services cont C 2.7
Diversicare of Martin Martin Skilled nursing facilities A 2.7
Grbr 5622 Knoxville Automobile rental D 2.7
025-00393 Millington Supermarkets and Other Groce B 2.7
All Recreation and Fitness Centers Chattan Gymnasiums C 2.7
BROWNSVILLE_1356103 Brownsville Mail and Parcel Delivery B 2.7
SSW Premier Henderson Shelving, wire, made from pu C 2.7
Store 085 Morristown Supermarkets and Other Groce B 2.7
879 Lafayette Warehouse Clubs and Supercen B 2.7
AH4R - Nashville Nashville Building, residential, renta D 2.7
1708 Elm Hill Pike Nashville Plumbing and Heating Equipme D 2.7
4016-18178025 Memphis Wholesale Trade D 2.7
2576-805 Memphis Psychiatric and Substance Ab B 2.7
Allegiant Electric, Inc. Chattanooga Electrical contractors C 2.7
West Tennessee Medical Group Inc Jackson Hospitals, general medical a A 2.7
4344 Geodis Logistics Memphis GENERAL WAREHOUSING AND STOR A 2.7
Amazon.com Services LLC - CHA2 Charleston General Warehousing and Stor A 2.7
Newport Newport Distilleries C 2.7
TCW inc Nashville General freight trucking, lo B 2.7
Dometic Corp - Greenbrier Greenbrier Air-conditioners, motor vehi A 2.7
Twin City Fan Companies: Clarage Pulaski Fans, industrial and commerc C 2.7
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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.

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.