Tube, welded, aluminum, made by flat rolling purchased aluminum · Tennessee
Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Knoxville, TN · ~47 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc. runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tube, welded, aluminum, made by flat rolling purchased aluminum workplace, earning a grade F.
Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc.: 7.6 TCR = 231% of Tube, welded, aluminum, made by flat rolling purchased aluminum BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc. safety composite
Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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 Sheet Metal Works, Inc.: 7.3 → 8.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.7× in 2023
Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.7 from 7.3 in 2022 to 8.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331315 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 231% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO Quality Metals Inc
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Quality Metals Inc (0.1 TCR gap)
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Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Aluminum Blank
Aluminum Blanking Company, INC.
7.8 TCR
- This site
Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
7.6 TCR
- Quality Metals
Quality Metals Inc
7.5 TCR
- Skana Aluminum
Skana Aluminum West Virginia
7.3 TCR
- Erickson Metal
Erickson Metals Corporation
7.1 TCR
What this shows Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc. averages 7.6 TCR (231% of the Tube, welded, aluminum, made by flat rolling purchased aluminum BLS benchmark).
Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc. TCR series: 2022=7.3 · 2023=8 · BLS 3.3
Where Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc. falls in its industry
70 Tube, welded, aluminum, made b establishmentsSafer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Tube, welded, aluminum, made b employers in Tennessee.
Knoxville Sheet Metal Works, Inc. has fewer employees than the Tube, welded, aluminum, made by flat rol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331315 · TN · Knoxville
70 Tube, welded, aluminum, made by flat rolling purchased aluminum 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 | Quality Metals Inc | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Aluminum Blanking Company, INC. | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Skana Aluminum West Virginia | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Erickson Metals Corporation | 7.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Tennessee Hatchery | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Proton Power Inc. | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BAE Analytical Lab | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SC420 - Nashville | 47 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 | Mission Care Center | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mohave Valley Fire Department | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Txcan - Houston (Canino) Hub | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Heartfields at Cary | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Poland | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sweeney | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Boone REMC | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ecco Ride Wright City | 47 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.