Hose, industrial, merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

Royal Brass and Hose

Knoxville, TN · ~81 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Royal Brass and Hose runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hose, industrial, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Royal Brass and Hose: 3.6 TCR = 164% of Hose, industrial, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Royal Brass and Hose safety composite

Royal Brass and Hose scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Royal Brass and Hose: 2.6 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2022

Royal Brass and Hose's TCR rose 4.4 from 2.6 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423840 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 164% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #11/14
  • PHOTO NYGOV
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NYGOV (0.0 TCR gap)

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Royal Brass and Hose in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Royal Brass and Hose averages 3.6 TCR (164% of the Hose, industrial, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Royal Brass and Hose TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=5.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0.1 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=7 · BLS 2.2

Where Royal Brass and Hose falls in its industry

589 Hose, industrial, merchant who establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

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 14 Hose, industrial, merchant who employers in Tennessee.

Royal Brass and Hose (81 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Royal Brass and Hose
Royal Brass and Hose (81 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Royal Brass and Hose has more employees than the Hose, industrial, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 7.0 4.2 5 0 0
2021 3.4 3.4 2 0 0
2020 6.6 1.6 4 0 0
2019 0.1 0.0 6 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.6 1.4 4 0 0
2016 2.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423840 · TN · Knoxville

589 Hose, industrial, merchant wholesalers 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 NYGOV 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Field Fastener Supply - Florence 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ram Tool Construction Supply Company - Chesapeake 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TX200 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alexander Metals Inc 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koorsen Fire & Security Nashville 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coca-Cola Bottling Work's Of Tullahoma, Inc. - Corporate 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apex Canvas Co LLC 81 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 Marriott Laguna Cliffs Resort & Spa 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Maryland Tree 49490 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale PN Clinic 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta Eagles 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miami Office 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Antis Roofing & Waterproofing 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Five Star Laundry Maryland 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hillcrest 81 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, 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.