Community recreation programs, government · Tennessee

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation

Knoxville, TN · ~181 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation runs at 263% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Community recreation programs, government workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation: 8.4 TCR = 263% of Community recreation programs, government BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation safety composite

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2020→2024

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation injury rate improved

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation's TCR fell 1.9 from 9.2 in 2020 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.2 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 263% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK P25
  • PHOTO Town of Chapel Hill …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~181 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Town of Chapel Hill - Parks and Recreation (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation averages 8.4 TCR (263% of the Community recreation programs, government BLS benchmark).

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

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation TCR series: 2020=9.2 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=9.6 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation falls in its industry

413 Community recreation programs, establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation (181 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation
City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation (181 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation has more employees than the Community recreation programs, governmen median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 7.3 3.6 8 0 0
2023 9.6 5.8 10 0 0
2022 7.6 2.8 6 2 0
2021 8.4 7.3 7 1 0
2020 9.2 4.6 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · TN · Knoxville

413 Community recreation programs, government 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 Chapel Hill - Parks and Recreation 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Region Construction 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recreation & Parks 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conejo Recreation and Park District 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reinhausen Manufacturing Inc. 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valeo Smyrna Site 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE Modine Manufacturing Company - Lawrenceburg 1 181 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3003 LOWE S OF S. CLARKSVILLE TN 181 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 Dorchester 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 2182 - Somersworth 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1363 - Reno South 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 50th 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richard McNay, Inc. 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orem City Recreation Department 181 FTE
NAT-SIZE One World Logistics of America Inc. 181 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.