Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · Tennessee

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville

Knoxville, TN · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade A.

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville: 0.3 TCR = 8% of Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville safety composite

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 1.7 TCR · DART/TCR 4.94× in 2023

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2019 to 1.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 4.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Knoxville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 8% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO L'Enfant Plaza HQ
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: L'Enfant Plaza HQ (0.0 TCR gap)

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55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville averages 0.3 TCR (8% of the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.7 · BLS 4.5

Where 55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville falls in its industry

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e. establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Mixed mode transit systems (e. employers in Tennessee.

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville (38 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville
55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville (38 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

55335 Univ of Tenn - Knoxville has fewer employees than the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, c median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2023 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · TN · Knoxville

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) 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 L'Enfant Plaza HQ 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HUGO TRANSIT I & II 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-3102 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lowell, AR - 611 J.B. Hunt Drive 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Memphis 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Douglas Nashville 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.A. Fielden Co, Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Messer Construction - Knoxville, TN 38 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 Pacific Coast Glazing, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Cajun II 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Arnold Machinery 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Norriseal Wellmark 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Preserve at Briarcliffe 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sailer's Food Market & Meat Processing Inc 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stake 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shallco Incorporated 38 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.