Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Tennessee
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville
Knoxville, TN · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville safety composite
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% 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
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville: 4.3 → 5.2 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2024
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville's TCR rose 0.9 from 4.3 in 2023 to 5.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind
- DART 5.2 DART
- RANK #50/57
- PHOTO Alliance Packaging- …
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Alliance Packaging- Oaksdale (0.0 TCR gap)
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Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville
4.7 TCR
- Alliance Packa
Alliance Packaging- Oaksdale
4.7 TCR
- Technicote, In
Technicote, Inc.
4.7 TCR
- Diamond K Inco
Diamond K Incorporated
4.7 TCR
- Liberty Packag
Liberty Packaging, Omaha
4.7 TCR
What this shows Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville TCR series: 2023=4.3 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 17% 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 #50 safest of 57 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Tennessee.
Rusken Packaging Inc. Knoxville has fewer employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · TN · Knoxville
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard 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 | Alliance Packaging- Oaksdale | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Technicote, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Diamond K Incorporated | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Liberty Packaging, Omaha | 4.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Manchester DREMC | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CDE - Metro Nashville District Energy System | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Avenue Construction | 23 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 | Wright's Scrap Metals | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | L.W. Schneider, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Esstech, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LB Manufacturing | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Los Vientos 1A & 1B Wind Farms | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bethpage | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kuusakoski Glass | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Badgerland De Pere | 23 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.