General freight trucking, local · Tennessee
Blalock Equipment Corp.
Sevierville, TN · ~138 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blalock Equipment Corp. runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade A.
Blalock Equipment Corp.: 1.7 TCR = 37% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blalock Equipment Corp. safety composite
Blalock Equipment Corp. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% 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
Blalock Equipment Corp.: 1.5 → 2.3 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 2.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.37× in 2024
Blalock Equipment Corp.'s TCR rose 0.8 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484110 · Sevierville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 37% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #9/54
- PHOTO Bishop Brothers Cons…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~138 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bishop Brothers Construction Co. Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blalock Equipment Corp. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Blalock Equipment Corp.
1.7 TCR
- Bishop Brother
Bishop Brothers Construction Co. Inc.
1.7 TCR
- D0730
D0730
1.7 TCR
- D3730
D3730
1.7 TCR
- Penske : 5351-
Penske : 5351-00 Dallas Hub and Spoke/Dallas, TX
1.7 TCR
What this shows Blalock Equipment Corp. averages 1.7 TCR (37% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).
Blalock Equipment Corp. TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Blalock Equipment Corp. falls in its industry
2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 54 General freight trucking, loca employers in Tennessee.
Blalock Equipment Corp. has more employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484110 · TN · Sevierville
2,784 General freight trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 66 employers in Sevierville, 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 | Bishop Brothers Construction Co. Inc. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D0730 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D3730 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Penske : 5351-00 Dallas Hub and Spoke/Dallas, TX | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | U.S. Display Group TN | 138 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gordonsville TN | 138 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Evonik Corporation | 138 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kauffman Engineering, Inc. CMB | 138 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wilderness at the Smokies | 582 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Charles Blalock & Sons, Inc. | 561 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Sevierville | 544 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER | 481 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | WLW Construction | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Absolute Rehabilitation & Consulting Services, Inc. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | North Andover-Ma28 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National City 10297 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Berne Apparel Company | 138 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Abdallah Candies Inc | 138 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Arbor Glen Care Center | 138 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Catelli Brothers Family of Foods | 138 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.