Employer · Tennessee
Knoxville Recycle
Knoxville, TN · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knoxville Recycle runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.
Knoxville Recycle: 4.3 TCR = 197% of industry BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knoxville Recycle safety composite
Knoxville Recycle scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.34 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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 Recycle: 3.1 → 6.9 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2018
Knoxville Recycle's TCR rose 3.8 from 3.1 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423930 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 197% of ind
- DART 4.6 DART
- RANK #27/35
- PHOTO BRANCH 08
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~32 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BRANCH 08 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knoxville Recycle in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Knoxville Recycle
4.3 TCR
- BRANCH 08
BRANCH 08
4.3 TCR
- OmniSource LLC
OmniSource LLC - NOD Trucking
4.3 TCR
- Niles Iron & M
Niles Iron & Metal Co., LLC
4.3 TCR
- Alter Metal Re
Alter Metal Recycling - Behr Iron and Metal - Rockford
4.3 TCR
What this shows Knoxville Recycle averages 4.3 TCR (197% of the industry BLS benchmark).
Knoxville Recycle TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=3 · 2018=6.9 · BLS 2.2
Where Knoxville Recycle falls in its industry
1,126 industry establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 35 industry employers in Tennessee.
Knoxville Recycle has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423930 · TN · Knoxville
1,126 industry 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 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.