Garbage collection services · Tennessee

Knoxville Loudon

Loudon, TN · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Knoxville Loudon runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade B.

Knoxville Loudon: 1.7 TCR = 65% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knoxville Loudon safety composite

Knoxville Loudon scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.4

2023→2024

Knoxville Loudon injury rate improved

Knoxville Loudon's TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Loudon, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/43
  • PHOTO 3031-Novak Sanitary …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3031-Novak Sanitary Service (0.0 TCR gap)

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Knoxville Loudon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Knoxville Loudon averages 1.7 TCR (65% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Knoxville Loudon TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Knoxville Loudon falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 43 Garbage collection services employers in Tennessee.

Knoxville Loudon (23 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Knoxville Loudon
Knoxville Loudon (23 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Knoxville Loudon has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.4 3.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TN · Loudon

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 46 employers in Loudon, 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 3031-Novak Sanitary Service 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5230-Alamogordo 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BFI Waste Services of Pennsylvania 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR S05218 - WM of Oregon Washington County 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Manchester DREMC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDE - Metro Nashville District Energy System 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avenue Construction 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Malibu Boats, LLC TN Operations 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monterey Mushrooms Loudon 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morgan Olson 491 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monterey Mushrooms 470 FTE
NAT-TCR Otis Elevator Company-Salt Lake City 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Benson Integrated Marketing Solutions 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Indianapolis North Dc 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bracken Construction Company, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sonesta ES Suites San Jose Airport 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sonesta ES Suites Somerset 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE WC of E.KY Pulaski County 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bishopville 23 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: 2024, 2023. 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.