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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
Delta - MEM Memphis - C 2.7
Mizkan America Crossville Manufacture of Vinegar B 2.7
Maryville Maryville - C 2.7
Asbury Place Kingsport Kingsport Assisted-living facilities w B 2.7
Skyworks LLC -- Nashville branch La Vergne Construction machinery and e D 2.7
Mercury Air Centers Inc - BNA Nashville Aircraft hangar rental B 2.7
6062 Shelbyville Refrigerated Warehousing and A 2.7
Bed Bath and Beyond Memphis 403 Memphis retailing new home furnishin B 2.7
Orica USA Goodlettsville Explosives (except ammunitio D 2.7
Superior Steel Inc Knoxville Structural steel, fabricated C 2.7
0214 - Clarksville, Tn Clarksville Retail Stores B 2.7
Bristol Fairfield Inn and Suites Bristol Hotels (except casino hotels C 2.7
Cooper Steel Shelbyville Buildings, prefabricated met C 2.7
AgCentral Co-op, Maryville Maryville Agricultural chemicals merch D 2.7
Brookside Properties Inc., Nashville Apartment managers' offices D 2.7
1511 - Hendersonville Hendersonville Discount Department Stores B 2.7
MTS White Pine White Pine General Freight Trucking, Lo B 2.7
Store 1166 Hixson Supermarkets and other groce B 2.7
10321 McEwen Franklin - B 2.7
C.M. Henley Company, LLC Knoxville Roofing contractors C 2.7
LaFollette Medical Center - EVS Lafollette - B 2.7
Brent-B5510-Afh- Brentwood Store Brentwood FURNITURE RETAIL B 2.7
025-00486 Memphis Supermarkets and Other Groce B 2.7
Dal-Tile Dickson Wall tile, ceramic, manufact C 2.7
1626 Lowe S of Smyrna Tn Smyrna Homecenter B 2.7
SPARTA_1382434 Sparta Mail and Parcel Delivery B 2.7
Stansell Electric Company Nashville Low voltage electrical work C 2.7
Metropolitan Social Services Nashville Executive and Legislative Of C 2.7
Memphis, TN - Global Logistics Center Memphis General warehousing and stor A 2.7
College Concepts Distribution Center Dayton Shirts, underwear, men's and C 2.7
Control Technology Inc Knoxville Printed circuit assemblies m C 2.7
C102 Nashville PC Nashville - C 2.7
Chestnut Hill Sonoco Metal Packing - D142 Dandridge Metal Can Manufacturing C 2.7
1767 Lowe S of Shelbyville Tn Shelbyville Homecenter B 2.7
Hickory Specialties DBA Kerry Ingredients Monterey Powders, baking, manufacturi B 2.7
Price Less Foods #469 Kingsport Grocery stores B 2.7
5188 Hixson Supermarkets and Other Groce B 2.7
Dfa Fluid - Nashville Tn-Country Delite Nashville FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING C 2.7
Cost Plus World Market NASHVILLE WEST Nashville retailing new home furnishin B 2.7
Chattanooga 407 Chattanooga - B 2.7
Southern Spear Ironworks LLC Chattanooga Cabin construction general c B 2.7
TRW Automotive-Rogersville Rogersville Manufacturing A 2.7
All Care Plus d/b/a Quality Home Health Jamestown Home health agencies B 2.7
Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Gray Terminal Gray Industrial gases manufacturi C 2.7
RPM & Associates, Inc. Chattanooga Commercial building construc C 2.7
Harton Regional Hospital - EVS Tullahoma - B 2.7
Aphena Pharma Solutions - Fisk Rd Cookeville Pharmaceutical preparations C 2.7
FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE Memphis Courier and Express Delivery A 2.7
Wm 5188 Hixson - B 2.7
01067 - Store # 1067 Tullahoma Tullahoma Grocery Stores B 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.