Employer · Tennessee

R+L Carriers - KNO

Knoxville, TN · ~91 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

R+L Carriers - KNO runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

R+L Carriers - KNO: 7.2 TCR = 159% of industry BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R+L Carriers - KNO safety composite

R+L Carriers - KNO scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−1.7

2016→2024

R+L Carriers - KNO injury rate improved

R+L Carriers - KNO's TCR fell 1.7 from 9.1 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.1 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.2 · 159% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #98/123
  • PHOTO LAF
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 64 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LAF (0.0 TCR gap)

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R+L Carriers - KNO in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R+L Carriers - KNO averages 7.2 TCR (159% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

R+L Carriers - KNO TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=8 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=4 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 4.5

Where R+L Carriers - KNO falls in its industry

3,020 industry establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #98 safest of 123 industry employers in Tennessee.

R+L Carriers - KNO (91 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 R+L Carriers - KNO
R+L Carriers - KNO (91 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

R+L Carriers - KNO has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 7.4 5.2 10 0 0
2023 4.0 4.0 5 0 0
2022 5.1 4.3 6 0 0
2021 6.5 5.7 8 0 0
2020 8.2 6.2 8 0 0
2019 8.0 6.9 7 0 0
2018 8.2 8.2 7 0 0
2017 7.8 5.2 6 0 0
2016 9.1 6.5 7 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TN · Knoxville

3,020 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 Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR LAF 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 005 Portland 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huntsville 036 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norfolk 003 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE PRI of East TN, Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE US180: Knoxville 290 - SG 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE H & M Industrial Services, Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rawso Constructors 91 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 Rima Manufacturing Company 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Police Department 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR City of DeWitt 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CB Concord Branch 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 164-Columbia Marriott 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ward Trucking LLC-Charlotte 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ward Trucking LLC-Harrisburg 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE RUTHERFORD 91 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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