Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing · Tennessee
Tindell's Truss Plant
Knoxville, TN · ~72 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tindell's Truss Plant runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Tindell's Truss Plant: 4.8 TCR = 145% of Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tindell's Truss Plant safety composite
Tindell's Truss Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% 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%).
TCR Δ
−4.4
2016→2024
Tindell's Truss Plant injury rate improved
Tindell's Truss Plant's TCR fell 4.4 from 7.4 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.4 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=3.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321214 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 145% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #5/13
- PHOTO Fontana Wood Products
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 31 inj
- SIZE ~72 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fontana Wood Products (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tindell's Truss Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Tindell's Truss Plant
4.8 TCR
- Fontana Wood P
Fontana Wood Products
4.8 TCR
- REHKEMPER & SO
REHKEMPER & SON INC
4.8 TCR
- Wheeler Lumber
Wheeler Lumber Waverly KS
4.8 TCR
- Component plan
Component plant
4.8 TCR
What this shows Tindell's Truss Plant averages 4.8 TCR (145% of the Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Tindell's Truss Plant TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=3 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3
Where Tindell's Truss Plant falls in its industry
421 Trusses, wood roof or floor, m establishmentsSafer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Trusses, wood roof or floor, m employers in Tennessee.
Tindell's Truss Plant has more employees than the Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321214 · TN · Knoxville
421 Trusses, wood roof or floor, manufacturing 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 | Fontana Wood Products | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | REHKEMPER & SON INC | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wheeler Lumber Waverly KS | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Component plant | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Middle Tennessee Electric (Wilson County Office) | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greater Dickson Gas Authority | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tennessee | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Concrete Systems Company, LLC | 72 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 | Ft. Bend Landfill | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | El Dorado 2302 | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FoodTown #008 | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Goodwill CFL - Port Orange | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Silverado Southlake - 463 | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | L. L. Johnson Distributing Co. | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Edgerton Forge, Inc. | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rick Case Hyundai (Duluth) | 72 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.