Wholesale distribution of magazines and books · Tennessee

Knoxville DC

Knoxville, TN · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Knoxville DC runs at 321% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Wholesale distribution of magazines and books workplace, earning a grade F.

Knoxville DC: 7.1 TCR = 321% of Wholesale distribution of magazines and books BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knoxville DC safety composite

Knoxville DC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.37 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

Knoxville DC: 7.7 → 13.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 13.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2021

Knoxville DC's TCR rose 5.8 from 7.7 in 2018 to 13.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424920 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 321% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO ReaderLink Western D…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ReaderLink Western Distribution Center (0.1 TCR gap)

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Knoxville DC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Knoxville DC averages 7.1 TCR (321% of the Wholesale distribution of magazines and books BLS benchmark).

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

Knoxville DC TCR series: 2018=7.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=13.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Knoxville DC falls in its industry

57 Wholesale distribution of maga establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Wholesale distribution of maga employers in Tennessee.

Knoxville DC (29 employees, TCR 7.1) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 26 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Knoxville DC
Knoxville DC (29 employees, TCR 7.1) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 191 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Knoxville DC has fewer employees than the Wholesale distribution of magazines and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2021 13.5 3.4 4 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.7 7.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424920 · TN · Knoxville

57 Wholesale distribution of magazines and books 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 ReaderLink Western Distribution Center 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPS Main Facility 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Denton Distribution Center 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPS Returns Center 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tosh Pork Crutchfield 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waynes Fayetteville 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookfield Renewable - Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydro 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCEMC Carthage 29 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 830 Grassy Springs 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR JB Turner and Sons Roofing and Sheet Metal 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Happy Valley Courtyard 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR OTC 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ridout - Wholesale 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE WMS Junction City 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vita Plus (Gagetown) 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4336 SAN DIEGO, CA 29 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: 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.