Warehouse & Distribution · Tennessee

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE

Knoxville, TN · ~63 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Warehouse & Distribution workplace, earning a grade A.

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE: 0.8 TCR = 34% of Warehouse & Distribution BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE safety composite

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE: 0.0 → 1.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424820 · Knoxville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 34% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #3/12
  • PHOTO 4818-LA02
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4818-LA02 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE averages 0.8 TCR (34% of the Warehouse & Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE falls in its industry

735 Warehouse & Distribution establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Warehouse & Distribution employers in Tennessee.

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE (63 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 109 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE
Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE (63 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 109 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Empire Distributors TN --- KNOXVILLE has fewer employees than the Warehouse & Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2017 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424820 · TN · Knoxville

735 Warehouse & Distribution 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 4818-LA02 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4818-MSJK 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR IL001 RNDC JV-WEST HOWARD 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE ROSE CONSTRUCTION, INC. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Neuhoff 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Constructors, Inc. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHERRY PAINTING COMPANY, INC dba CHERRY COATINGS NASHVILLE 63 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 Corporate Schofield 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MS - Lakehurst, NJ - 5LANJ 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 206 Caterpillar DBSU East Peoria IL 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR American Autowire 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Potosi Manor Inc 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Platte City Inc 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piper Plastic Illinois 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodward Printing Services/GIL Shopping News 63 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.