General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers · Tennessee
Sysco Knoxville
Knoxville, TN · ~216 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sysco Knoxville runs at 362% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Sysco Knoxville: 8.0 TCR = 362% of General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sysco Knoxville safety composite
Sysco Knoxville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 7.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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%).
TCR Δ
−0.9
2016→2024
Sysco Knoxville injury rate improved
Sysco Knoxville's TCR fell 0.9 from 3.1 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.1 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=10.8 · 2022=18.1 · 2023=11.0 · 2024=2.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424410 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 362% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #32/43
- PHOTO North Star Seafood
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 161 inj
- SIZE ~216 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: North Star Seafood (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sysco Knoxville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sysco Knoxville
8 TCR
- North Star Sea
North Star Seafood
8 TCR
- Wood Fruittich
Wood Fruitticher Corporate
8 TCR
- 15 - Orlando
15 - Orlando
8 TCR
- AWG, St. Cloud
AWG, St. Cloud - Dry Facility
8 TCR
What this shows Sysco Knoxville averages 8.0 TCR (362% of the General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Sysco Knoxville TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=4 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=10.8 · 2022=18.1 · 2023=11 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 2.2
Where Sysco Knoxville falls in its industry
1,651 General Line Grocery Merchant establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 43 General Line Grocery Merchant employers in Tennessee.
Sysco Knoxville has more employees than the General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesaler median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 18.1 | 12.9 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424410 · TN · Knoxville
1,651 General Line Grocery 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 | North Star Seafood | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wood Fruitticher Corporate | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 15 - Orlando | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AWG, St. Cloud - Dry Facility | 8.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (Corporate) | 216 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Servall, LLC - Termite/Pest Control/Gutters/Restoration | 216 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plant HW | 216 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawker Powersource | 216 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 | Garos - Roswell Center | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Misag - Saginaw | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Port St Lucie | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alent - Enterprise Center | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Broadridge Financial Solutions - Coppell | 216 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eagle Manufacturing | 216 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eck Industries | 216 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | UMMC West Bank Prof Bldg | 216 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.