Food Services · Tennessee

000006604 University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN · ~374 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

000006604 University of Tennessee runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Food Services workplace, earning a grade C.

000006604 University of Tennessee: 3.2 TCR = 108% of Food Services BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

000006604 University of Tennessee safety composite

000006604 University of Tennessee scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Rising injury rate

000006604 University of Tennessee: 3.2 → 131.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 131.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

000006604 University of Tennessee's TCR rose 128.4 from 3.2 in 2023 to 131.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 108% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #64/133
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT WOODHAVEN …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~374 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT WOODHAVEN BROWNSTOWN SCHOOL DI (0.0 TCR gap)

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000006604 University of Tennessee in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 000006604 University of Tennessee averages 3.2 TCR (108% of the Food Services BLS benchmark).

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

000006604 University of Tennessee TCR series: 2023=3.2 · 2024=131.6 · BLS 3.0

Where 000006604 University of Tennessee falls in its industry

6,952 Food Services establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #64 safest of 133 Food Services employers in Tennessee.

000006604 University of Tennessee (374 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 000006604 University of Tennessee
000006604 University of Tennessee (374 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

000006604 University of Tennessee has more employees than the Food Services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 131.6 0.0 2 0 0
2023 3.2 3.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · TN · Knoxville

6,952 Food Services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, 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 SODEXO AT WOODHAVEN BROWNSTOWN SCHOOL DI 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avondale Schools 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BSC Market Place 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CANTATA LIFE SERVICE 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Relyant Global, LLC 374 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith & Wesson Inc. Maryville TN 374 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kawasaki TN 374 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stryker Wright - Arlington, TN 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cellular Sales Services Group LLC 6,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health System, Inc 5,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Functional Pathways of TN LLC 2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR HES Facilities Services K-12 2,157 FTE
NAT-TCR Germantown 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 57245 Philadelphia Dept of Aviation 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jabil Packaging Solutions 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR W.M. Lyles Co. 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE North Central College 374 FTE
NAT-SIZE Christ the King Manor Inc. 374 FTE
NAT-SIZE Al John Inc 374 FTE
NAT-SIZE IBT, Inc. 374 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. 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.