Drywall and related building materials distributor · Tennessee

Rocky Top - Knoxville

Name: Rocky Top - Knoxville Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Knoxville, TN · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Rocky Top - Knoxville runs at 330% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drywall and related building materials distributor workplace, earning a grade F.

Rocky Top - Knoxville: 7.3 TCR = 330% of Drywall and related building materials distributor BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rocky Top - Knoxville safety composite

Rocky Top - Knoxville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−7.5

2019→2022

Rocky Top - Knoxville injury rate improved

Rocky Top - Knoxville's TCR fell 7.5 from 11.0 in 2019 to 3.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.0 · 2022=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 330% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #23/29
PHOTO Valley Lexington
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valley Lexington (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.3
Valley Lexingt

7.3
1101

7.3
Woodgrain - Ta

7.3
1102 BOISE TRU

7.3

What this shows Rocky Top - Knoxville averages 7.3 TCR (330% of the Drywall and related building materials distributor BLS benchmark).

Rocky Top - Knoxville TCR series: 2019=11 · 2022=3.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Rocky Top - Knoxville falls in its industry

1,225 Drywall and related building m establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 29 Drywall and related building m employers in Tennessee.

Rocky Top - Knoxville (26 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Rocky Top - Knoxville has fewer employees than the Drywall and related building materials d median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2022	3.5	3.5	1	0	0
2019	11.0	11.0	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · TN · Knoxville

1,225 Drywall and related building materials distributor 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Valley Lexington	LEXINGTON, KY	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1101	CHARLOTTE, NC	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Woodgrain - Taunton	TAUNTON, MA	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1102 BOISE TRUSS	BOISE, ID	7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Buy Sod - Nashville	EAGLEVILLE	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tobacco Pride	ADAMS	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tennessee Farms	LAFAYETTE	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CEMC-Springfield	SPRINGFIELD	26 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cellular Sales Services Group LLC	Knoxville	6,387 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health System, Inc	Knoxville	5,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Functional Pathways of TN LLC	Knoxville	2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HES Facilities Services K-12	Knoxville	2,157 FTE
NAT-TCR	Quality Beverage LLC Hardeeville SC	Hardeeville, SC	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	ascena Etna Distribution Center	Pataskala, OH	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	AZT Technology - S	Naples, FL	7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	0621 - Estero Fl Whse	Fort Meyers, FL	7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Carnegie Mellon Catering	Pittsburgh, PA	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Unc Rockingham Med	Eden, NC	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Columbus Regional Healthcare	Whiteville, NC	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Roses 574	Tampa, FL	26 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: 2022, 2019. 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.