Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe · Tennessee
Tennessee Tube Bending
Knoxville, TN · ~70 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tennessee Tube Bending runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe workplace, earning a grade F.
Tennessee Tube Bending: 6.7 TCR = 203% of Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tennessee Tube Bending safety composite
Tennessee Tube Bending scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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 6.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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
Tennessee Tube Bending: 5.7 → 6.6 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.49× in 2024
Tennessee Tube Bending's TCR rose 0.8 from 5.7 in 2017 to 6.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332996 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 203% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #6/8
- PHOTO Bergen - Donora
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bergen - Donora (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tennessee Tube Bending in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Tennessee Tube Bending
6.7 TCR
- Bergen - Donor
Bergen - Donora
6.7 TCR
- Custom Fabrica
Custom Fabricators & Repairs Inc.
6.7 TCR
- Hipco
Hipco
6.7 TCR
- Munn manufactu
Munn manufacturing Company
6.6 TCR
What this shows Tennessee Tube Bending averages 6.7 TCR (203% of the Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe BLS benchmark).
Tennessee Tube Bending TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=5 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Tennessee Tube Bending falls in its industry
337 Bends, pipe, made from purchas establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Bends, pipe, made from purchas employers in Tennessee.
Tennessee Tube Bending has more employees than the Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal p 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.4 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332996 · TN · Knoxville
337 Bends, pipe, made from purchased metal pipe 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 | Bergen - Donora | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Custom Fabricators & Repairs Inc. | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hipco | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Munn manufacturing Company | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PCUD | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Commercial Painting Inc | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rogers Group, Inc | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JARRETT FIRE PROTECTION, LLC | 70 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 | Distribution Center | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Norton Audubon Hospital AUD | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | UPMC Senior Communities | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BR08 Rancho Cordova | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Shea Amesbury | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CNW | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PolyPeptide Laboratories San Diego | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gerloff Company - San Antonio | 70 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.