Kitchen cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing · Tennessee
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc.
Sevierville, TN · ~270 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc. runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Kitchen cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc.: 6.7 TCR = 203% of Kitchen cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc. safety composite
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% 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
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc.: 7.8 → 9.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2024
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.5 from 7.8 in 2017 to 9.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332215 · Sevierville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 203% of ind
- DART 7.3 DART
- RANK P29
- PHOTO Americraft Cookware …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 121 inj
- SIZE ~270 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Americraft Cookware LLC (0.2 TCR gap)
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Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ontario Knife
Ontario Knife Comapny
7 TCR
- Americraft Coo
Americraft Cookware LLC
6.9 TCR
- This site
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc.
6.7 TCR
- Cutco Corporat
Cutco Corporation
6.5 TCR
- Vollrath Compa
Vollrath Company LLC, Kewaunee East
6.4 TCR
What this shows Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc. averages 6.7 TCR (203% of the Kitchen cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc. TCR series: 2017=7.8 · 2018=7.4 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=6 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=3 · 2024=9.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc. falls in its industry
52 Kitchen cutlery, nonprecious a establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.
Smoky Mountain Knife Works, Inc. has more employees than the Kitchen cutlery, nonprecious and preciou median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332215 · TN · Sevierville
52 Kitchen cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 66 employers in Sevierville, 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 | Americraft Cookware LLC | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cutco Corporation | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ontario Knife Comapny | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vollrath Company LLC, Kewaunee East | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Clayton Giles | 270 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jarden Zinc Products | 270 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VMC - MEMPHIS | 270 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NNA | 270 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wilderness at the Smokies | 582 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Charles Blalock & Sons, Inc. | 561 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Sevierville | 544 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER | 481 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Silverado Farming Company, Inc. | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S03507 - Southern West Virginia Hauling | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stone Crafters LLC | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Providence | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Regency Hospital of Minneapolis, LLC | 270 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mundelein Parks and Recreation District | 270 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NGAS-A563 | 270 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ennis Spring | 270 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.