Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

Kendall Electric - EKNX

Name: Kendall Electric - EKNX Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Knoxville, TN · ~53 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kendall Electric - EKNX runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Kendall Electric - EKNX: 1.5 TCR = 67% of Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kendall Electric - EKNX safety composite

Kendall Electric - EKNX scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Kendall Electric - EKNX: 0.0 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.37× in 2020

Kendall Electric - EKNX's TCR rose 2.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Knoxville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 67% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #10/22
PHOTO Waytek, Inc.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waytek, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.5
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1.5
Kirby Risk Ele

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What this shows Kendall Electric - EKNX averages 1.5 TCR (67% of the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Kendall Electric - EKNX TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=2 · BLS 2.2

Where Kendall Electric - EKNX falls in its industry

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 22 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer employers in Tennessee.

Kendall Electric - EKNX (53 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Kendall Electric - EKNX has more employees than the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant whol median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2020	2.0	2.0	1
2019	3.9	3.9	2
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · TN · Knoxville

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Waytek, Inc.	CHANHASSEN, MN	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	US - Branch Network : 0208	DAYTON, OH	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Border States Electric - Brooklyn Park	BROOKLYN PARK, MN	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kirby Risk Electrical Supply Peoria	PEORIA, IL	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Humboldt Utilities	HUMBOLDT	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SWEETWATER UTILITIES	SWEETWATER	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Savannah Office	SAVANNAH	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GCC Construction	CHATTANOOGA	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cellular Sales Services Group LLC	Knoxville	6,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health System, Inc	Knoxville	5,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Functional Pathways of TN LLC	Knoxville	2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HES Facilities Services K-12	Knoxville	2,157 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ctr Health Occupational Svcs	Greenville, SC	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Case Paper	Miami, FL	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arrow Exterminators Gainesville FL	Gainesville, FL	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cetis Inc.	Colorado Springs, CO	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Grande Communicaitons Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi, TX	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Praxair Distribution Inc	Roseville, MN	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Woodlands at St. Barnabas, Inc.	Gibsonia, PA	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Universal Staffing Services, Inc	Oxford, MI	53 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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