Employer · Tennessee

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville

Heiskell, TN · ~92 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville: 4.9 TCR = 189% of industry BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville safety composite

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville: 3.9 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 14.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2024

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville's TCR rose 2.5 from 3.9 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Heiskell, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 189% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #26/43
  • PHOTO Cascade Disposal
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cascade Disposal (0.0 TCR gap)

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S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville averages 4.9 TCR (189% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=14.5 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=1 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=5 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 2.6

Where S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 43 industry employers in Tennessee.

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville (92 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville
S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville (92 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S04060 - WM of TN - Knoxville has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 6.4 4.3 6 0 0
2023 4.9 4.9 5 0 0
2022 5.0 5.0 5 0 0
2021 4.2 3.1 4 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2019 3.2 3.2 3 0 0
2018 14.5 0.0 5 8 0
2017 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2016 3.9 3.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · TN · Heiskell

2,322 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 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 Cascade Disposal 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03973 - WM of Northwest Indiana 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services 4259 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04196 - WM of Northern Colorado - Fort Collins 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE B&W Quality Growers - TN 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE King Industries Inc. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Safway Services, LLC - Nashville 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valk Industries Inc. 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR S04117 - Chestnut Ridge Landfill 21 FTE
NAT-TCR S07500 - Philadelphia MRF 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bethany on 42nd 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tribunal Supremo 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Dafco Aerospace 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE S04998 - WM of Alabama - Birmingham 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE MTS Indianapolis 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rancho Pacific Electric, Inc. 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0715 Woodbury 92 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.