General warehousing and storage · Tennessee

KLS Carrier TN

Chattanooga, TN · ~265 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KLS Carrier TN runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade D.

KLS Carrier TN: 8.0 TCR = 138% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KLS Carrier TN safety composite

KLS Carrier TN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−6.4

2018→2022

KLS Carrier TN injury rate improved

KLS Carrier TN's TCR fell 6.4 from 10.4 in 2018 to 4.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.4 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.0 · 138% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #278/297
  • PHOTO 143 CHESHIRE CT
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 100 inj
  • SIZE ~265 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 143 CHESHIRE CT (0.0 TCR gap)

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KLS Carrier TN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KLS Carrier TN averages 8.0 TCR (138% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

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

KLS Carrier TN TCR series: 2018=10.4 · 2019=9.1 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=4.1 · BLS 5.8

Where KLS Carrier TN falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #278 safest of 297 General warehousing and storag employers in Tennessee.

KLS Carrier TN (265 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate KLS Carrier TN
KLS Carrier TN (265 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

KLS Carrier TN has more employees than the General warehousing and storage median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 4.1 4.1 12 0 0
2021 7.8 7.0 19 0 0
2020 8.5 7.3 20 0 0
2019 9.1 8.0 24 0 0
2018 10.4 9.3 25 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · TN · Chattanooga

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, 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 143 CHESHIRE CT 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ethan Allen Service Center - Newtown CT 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Distribution 2000, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55-SUFFERN CUSTOMER DISTRIBUTION CENTER 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clayton Homes Rutledge 265 FTE
STATE-SIZE fischer USA Stainless Steel Tubing USA 265 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0695 - Cool Springs 265 FTE
STATE-SIZE FedEx 3505 TCHULAHOMA ROAD 265 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR United Terrain Group 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6925-MCO 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 3495-10D8182 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0034-0034-02762 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4186-DC2 265 FTE
NAT-SIZE Applied Technology 265 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4080 Solvay Mill 265 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heartland Healthcare Services 265 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.