Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) · Tennessee
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN · ~387 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) workplace, earning a grade C.
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville: 2.7 TCR = 83% of Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville safety composite
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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
−0.4
2016→2020
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville injury rate improved
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.5 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.5 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=3.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 323111 · Knoxville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 83% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK #31/52
- PHOTO Illing Company-Germa…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~387 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Illing Company-Germantown (0.0 TCR gap)
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WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville
2.7 TCR
- Illing Company
Illing Company-Germantown
2.7 TCR
- Community Impa
Community Impact Printing
2.7 TCR
- Navistar Direc
Navistar Direct marketing
2.7 TCR
- MPS Dallas Car
MPS Dallas Cartons
2.7 TCR
What this shows WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville averages 2.7 TCR (83% of the Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) BLS benchmark).
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=3 · BLS 3.3
Where WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville falls in its industry
2,001 Flexographic printing (except establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 52 Flexographic printing (except employers in Tennessee.
WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville has more employees than the Flexographic printing (except books, pri median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
323111 · TN · Knoxville
2,001 Flexographic printing (except books, printing grey goods) 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 | Illing Company-Germantown | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Community Impact Printing | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Navistar Direct marketing | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MPS Dallas Cartons | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | JACKSON, TN | 387 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SRG Global | 387 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 4482 | 387 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 687 | 387 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 | Construction | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sauer Group Mid-West | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MIKALA-OPI-KALAMAZOO | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 966 Houston, Tx | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | NY0517CN4 | 387 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NWNA - Poland Spring Bottling Hollis | 387 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BASF Catalysts LLC | 387 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Allegro MicroSystems Manchester, NH | 387 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.