Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · Tennessee
Corechem - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Corechem - Knoxville runs at 426% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Corechem - Knoxville: 9.4 TCR = 426% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Corechem - Knoxville safety composite
Corechem - Knoxville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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
−4.9
2023→2024
Corechem - Knoxville injury rate improved
Corechem - Knoxville's TCR fell 4.9 from 11.8 in 2023 to 6.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=11.8 · 2024=6.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 426% of ind
- DART 4.6 DART
- RANK #16/16
- PHOTO Hasa Inc. - Spring V…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~45 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hasa Inc. - Spring Valley (0.0 TCR gap)
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Corechem - Knoxville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain Air Solutions- Denver, CO
9.5 TCR
- This site
Corechem - Knoxville
9.4 TCR
- Hasa Inc. - Sp
Hasa Inc. - Spring Valley
9.4 TCR
- Water Guard
Water Guard
9.4 TCR
- Seacole-CRC, L
Seacole-CRC, LLC
9.4 TCR
What this shows Corechem - Knoxville averages 9.4 TCR (426% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Corechem - Knoxville TCR series: 2023=11.8 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 2.2
Where Corechem - Knoxville falls in its industry
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 16 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in Tennessee.
Corechem - Knoxville has more employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · TN · Knoxville
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers 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 | Hasa Inc. - Spring Valley | 9.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Water Guard | 9.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seacole-CRC, LLC | 9.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rocky Mountain Air Solutions- Denver, CO | 9.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MEC Headquarters | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Advanced Power & Lighting, LLC - 230 | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hollingsworth Paving Inc. | 45 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawkins Asphalt Paving, LLC | 45 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 | Jim Morrison Construction, Inc | 9.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mopal - Palmyra | 9.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FC: Denver | 9.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ABF Freight 165 | 9.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Park Terrace | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Allan Mechanical | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ashley Mechanical Inc | 45 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Morley Elementary School | 45 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.