Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Tennessee
City Government - Police Protection
Knoxville, TN · ~535 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
City Government - Police Protection runs at 338% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade F.
City Government - Police Protection: 10.8 TCR = 338% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City Government - Police Protection safety composite
City Government - Police Protection scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 4%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 10.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 5.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 4% 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
−1.4
2016→2024
City Government - Police Protection injury rate improved
City Government - Police Protection's TCR fell 1.4 from 13.8 in 2016 to 12.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=13.8 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=11.5 · 2022=11.8 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=12.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 338% of ind
- DART 5.7 DART
- RANK #6/9
- PHOTO Town of Woodbridge P…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 282 inj
- SIZE ~535 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Town of Woodbridge Police Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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City Government - Police Protection in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City Government - Police Protection
10.8 TCR
- Town of Woodbr
Town of Woodbridge Police Department
10.8 TCR
- Police (5100)
Police (5100)
10.8 TCR
- Police Departm
Police Department
10.8 TCR
- Police Departm
Police Department
10.8 TCR
What this shows City Government - Police Protection averages 10.8 TCR (338% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
City Government - Police Protection TCR series: 2016=13.8 · 2019=7 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=11.5 · 2022=11.8 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=12.4 · BLS 3.2
Where City Government - Police Protection falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Police departments (except Ame employers in Tennessee.
City Government - Police Protection has more employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 | 12.4 | 5.7 | 58 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 9.9 | 5.9 | 45 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.5 | 7.8 | 41 | 18 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 32 | 15 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 28 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13.8 | 8.3 | 48 | 5 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · TN · Knoxville
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) 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 | Town of Woodbridge Police Department | 10.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police (5100) | 10.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police Department | 10.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police Department | 10.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Washington County | 535 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McKee Foods Corporation-Sales and Marketing | 536 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 431 MEMPHIS | 534 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 8020718-Wrigley / Chattanooga TN | 536 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 | Trader Joe's 0461 Nichols Hills | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Haven Nursing Center | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Medilodge of Livingston | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Millwood, Inc. North Haven | 10.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Paul | 535 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cornerstone Family Healthcare | 535 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Guilford County Department of Social Services - Greensboro | 535 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Acadian - Support | 535 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.