Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries · Tennessee
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville
Knoxville, TN · ~266 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade D.
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville: 6.0 TCR = 180% of Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville safety composite
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% 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%).
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville held a steady TCR band
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville's TCR held near 0.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.0 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=9.8 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=6.3 · 2024=4.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311812 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 180% of ind
- DART 3.6 DART
- RANK #17/18
- PHOTO Crown Bakeries, Musi…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 134 inj
- SIZE ~266 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Crown Bakeries, Music City (0.0 TCR gap)
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Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville
6 TCR
- Crown Bakeries
Crown Bakeries, Music City
6 TCR
- Mary Ann's Bak
Mary Ann's Baking Company, Inc.
6 TCR
- 628 Myrtle Bea
628 Myrtle Beach SC
6 TCR
- OXNARD CA PLAN
OXNARD CA PLANT
5.9 TCR
What this shows Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville averages 6.0 TCR (180% of the Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=9.8 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=6.3 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3
Where Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville falls in its industry
1,014 Bakery products, fresh (i.e., establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Bakery products, fresh (i.e., employers in Tennessee.
Flowers Baking Company of Knoxville has more employees than the Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cak median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.3 | 4.5 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311812 · TN · Knoxville
1,014 Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries 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 | Crown Bakeries, Music City | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mary Ann's Baking Company, Inc. | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 628 Myrtle Beach SC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OXNARD CA PLANT | 5.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | M&M Industries, Inc. | 266 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Borla Performance Industries | 266 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 366 | 266 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 104 | 266 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 | Titan Talent Development, LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Centric Pipe - Ore City | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Borderworx Logistics LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 0000000002 Developmental Services | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Dunham's Sports | 266 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kimball Electronics Group, LLC | 266 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nucraft Furniture | 266 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Location 40006 | 266 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.