Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) · Tennessee

Knoxville Distribution Center

Knoxville, TN · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Knoxville Distribution Center runs at 258% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) workplace, earning a grade F.

Knoxville Distribution Center: 8.8 TCR = 258% of Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knoxville Distribution Center safety composite

Knoxville Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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 8.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.62 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

−5.0

2016→2018

Knoxville Distribution Center injury rate improved

Knoxville Distribution Center's TCR fell 5.0 from 9.6 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.6 · 2017=12.0 · 2018=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441310 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 258% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #28/30
  • PHOTO Store 5079 - Hood Dr…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 5079 - Hood Drive (0.0 TCR gap)

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Knoxville Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Knoxville Distribution Center averages 8.8 TCR (258% of the Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) BLS benchmark).

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

Knoxville Distribution Center TCR series: 2016=9.6 · 2017=12 · 2018=4.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Knoxville Distribution Center falls in its industry

1,258 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 30 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta employers in Tennessee.

Knoxville Distribution Center (52 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Knoxville Distribution Center
Knoxville Distribution Center (52 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Knoxville Distribution Center has more employees than the Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2018 4.6 4.6 3 0 0
2017 12.0 12.0 5 0 0
2016 9.6 4.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441310 · TN · Knoxville

1,258 Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) 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 Store 5079 - Hood Drive 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 4143 - Greenville 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1106 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Auto Parts City South 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Etowah Utilities 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Powell Valley Electric Cooperative New Tazewell 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oak Ridge Utility District 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE TDK Construction Company 52 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 MaineGeneral Medical Center - 107 First Park 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cranbury Hib (Njsbr) 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nia Sage Home 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rai Crew Pit 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Battelle - Crystal City Operations 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Health - Mt. Sterling 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5164 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5139 52 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.