General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Illinois
Knights Company
Granite City, IL · ~51 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knights Company runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.
Knights Company: 0.7 TCR = 15% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knights Company safety composite
Knights Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
81/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 95% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−1.8
2017→2024
Knights Company injury rate improved
Knights Company's TCR fell 1.8 from 3.5 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Granite City, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 15% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #9/143
- PHOTO Tyler, TX - 13786 Ha…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~51 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Tyler, TX - 13786 Harvey Road (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knights Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Knights Company
0.7 TCR
- Tyler, TX - 13
Tyler, TX - 13786 Harvey Road
0.7 TCR
- Mechanicville,
Mechanicville, NY--Route 67
0.7 TCR
- WM 6872
WM 6872
0.7 TCR
- WM 7824
WM 7824
0.7 TCR
What this shows Knights Company averages 0.7 TCR (15% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Knights Company TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Knights Company falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 143 General freight trucking, long employers in Illinois.
Knights Company has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · IL · Granite City
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 80 employers in Granite City, IL · 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 | Tyler, TX - 13786 Harvey Road | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mechanicville, NY--Route 67 | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WM 6872 | 0.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WM 7824 | 0.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Larch Farm | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CDG | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Prince Minerals LLC - QUI | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Quincy | 51 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Granite City Works | 976 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amsted Rail Company Inc | 797 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Granite City Plant | 563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | icon Mechanical LLC | 448 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sierra Valley Almonds LLC | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hawaii Office | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | STS Operating - Houston | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Blythe Energy Inc | 0.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pomp's Tire - Indy 079 | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | General Woodworking, Inc. | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thorne's Excavating Co., LLC | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hampton Roads Produce Distributors Inc. | 51 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.