Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing · Tennessee

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4)

Knoxville, TN · ~53 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) runs at 302% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4): 10.0 TCR = 302% of Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) safety composite

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.8

2020→2024

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) injury rate improved

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4)'s TCR fell 10.8 from 18.3 in 2020 to 7.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 18.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=18.3 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=11.6 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 302% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #32/38
  • PHOTO Savannah,GA Plant …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Savannah,GA Plant - 328 (0.0 TCR gap)

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CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) averages 10.0 TCR (302% of the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) TCR series: 2020=18.3 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=11.6 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) falls in its industry

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 38 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur employers in Tennessee.

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) (53 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4)
CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) (53 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

CHEP Knoxville Service Center (UTS4) has more employees than the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2023 4.7 4.7 5 0 0
2022 11.6 11.6 6 0 0
2021 7.8 5.9 4 0 0
2020 18.3 18.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · TN · Knoxville

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing 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 Savannah,GA Plant - 328 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6223-4210 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MHP Industries, Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millwood Inc. - Atlanta 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Humboldt Utilities 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE SWEETWATER UTILITIES 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Savannah Office 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE GCC Construction 53 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 Pivotal Health Solutions Watertown 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridge House LLC 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hull Cooperative Association 10.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Long Beach 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dfa Fluid - Las Vegas Nv 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Young & Franklin 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin Township Public Works 53 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.