Department stores except discount department stores · Tennessee

STR0685

Name: STR0685 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Knoxville, TN · ~124 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.3
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

STR0685 runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Department stores except discount department stores workplace, earning a grade F.

STR0685: 8.3 TCR = 244% of Department stores except discount department stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

STR0685 safety composite

STR0685 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

STR0685: 11.8 → 14.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 14.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.24× in 2024

STR0685's TCR rose 2.3 from 11.8 in 2020 to 14.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 244% of ind

DART 10.3 DART
RANK #55/57
PHOTO Unit # 0780
BOOK 5y book
INJ 30 inj
SIZE ~124 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Unit # 0780 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Unit # 0258

8.4
This site

8.3
Unit # 0780

8.3
Store 0698 Par

8.3
Unit # 1891

8.2

What this shows STR0685 averages 8.3 TCR (244% of the Department stores except discount department stores BLS benchmark).

STR0685 TCR series: 2020=11.8 · 2021=6.3 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=14.2 · BLS 3.4

Where STR0685 falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores except disco establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 57 Department stores except disco employers in Tennessee.

STR0685 (124 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

STR0685 has more employees than the Department stores except discount depart median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2024	14.2	10.3	11
2023	2.5	2.5	2
2022	6.8	5.4	5
2021	6.3	3.1	4
2020	11.8	4.4	8

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · TN · Knoxville

1,987 Department stores except discount department stores 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	Unit # 0780	KOKOMO, IN	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0698 Parkersburg	PARKERSBURG, WV	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 0258	FARMINGTON, MO	8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 1891	ALEXANDRIA, MN	8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Superior Traffic Control, LLC	CHRISTIANA	124 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AAkron Rule Corp TN	BAKEWELL	124 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newport - Tubes & Cores - C324	NEWPORT	124 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Parkway Products, LLC GRN	GREENEVILLE	124 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	Quincy Packing House	Quincy, FL	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley	North Billerica, MA	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Brookdale Broadmoor	Colorado Springs, CO	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lactr General Conces	Los Angeles, CA	8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	UFP Stafford	Stafford, TX	124 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Forum at Park Lane	Dallas, TX	124 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BWAY Mansfield	Mansfield, TX	124 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Zeigler Downers Grove	Downers Grove, IL	124 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. 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.