Water treatment and distribution · Tennessee

West Knox Utility District

Knoxville, TN · ~90 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Knox Utility District runs at 348% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

West Knox Utility District: 4.2 TCR = 348% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Knox Utility District safety composite

West Knox Utility District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−4.2

2021→2024

West Knox Utility District injury rate improved

West Knox Utility District's TCR fell 4.2 from 5.2 in 2021 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.2 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.2 · 348% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/15
  • PHOTO 6271-014
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6271-014 (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Knox Utility District in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows West Knox Utility District averages 4.2 TCR (348% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

West Knox Utility District TCR series: 2021=5.2 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 1.2

Where West Knox Utility District falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 15 Water treatment and distributi employers in Tennessee.

West Knox Utility District (90 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate West Knox Utility District
West Knox Utility District (90 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

West Knox Utility District has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.2 1.1 4 0 0
2022 6.3 6.3 3 3 0
2021 5.2 5.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · TN · Knoxville

727 Water treatment and distribution 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 6271-014 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calaveras County Water District 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anderson Regional Joint Water System 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allmond Avenue Distribution Center 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Merit Construction, Inc. 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walker-J-Walker, Inc. 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE SC700 - Knoxville 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE FiCom Group 90 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 L & S Insulation 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ERI Fresno 2860 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NorrisBuilt Fabrication & Mobile Welding LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Darcy Hall of Life Care 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Adult Education South Campus 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE ITW Shakeproof Industrial - Watertown 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE All Metals - Spartanburg, SC, loc'n #1097 90 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.