Pest Control · Tennessee
Knoxville - 11
Knoxville, TN · ~59 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knoxville - 11 runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pest Control workplace, earning a grade D.
Knoxville - 11: 6.0 TCR = 134% of Pest Control BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knoxville - 11 safety composite
Knoxville - 11 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Knoxville - 11: 8.0 → 12.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 12.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2.11× in 2024
Knoxville - 11's TCR rose 4.8 from 8.0 in 2016 to 12.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561710 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 134% of ind
- DART 12.8 DART
- RANK #41/64
- PHOTO TMX2163
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 33 inj
- SIZE ~59 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: TMX2163 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knoxville - 11 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Knoxville - 11
6 TCR
- TMX2163
TMX2163
6 TCR
- 2288-0508
2288-0508
6 TCR
- Huntsville Sou
Huntsville South - 36
6 TCR
- ABC Home and C
ABC Home and Commercial Services of DFW
6 TCR
What this shows Knoxville - 11 averages 6.0 TCR (134% of the Pest Control BLS benchmark).
Knoxville - 11 TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=10.1 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=2 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=12.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Knoxville - 11 falls in its industry
1,655 Pest Control establishmentsSafer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 64 Pest Control employers in Tennessee.
Knoxville - 11 has more employees than the Pest Control median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561710 · TN · Knoxville
1,655 Pest Control 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 | TMX2163 | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2288-0508 | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Huntsville South - 36 | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ABC Home and Commercial Services of DFW | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Erwin Utilities Authority | 59 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Landmark Construction | 59 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rogers Group Inc. EMTN Construction | 59 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Campbell Construction, Inc. | 59 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 | Metal Improvement Company- Lynwood | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TES, Inc. AmishView Inn & Suites 121 | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Redner's Warehouse Market Langhorne | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Owens & Minor Atlanta | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CMC Recycling Houston | 59 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Norac Pharma | 59 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brinkman Products, Inc. | 59 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gates Albert, Inc. | 59 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.