Acrylic resins manufacturing · Tennessee

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC

Chattanooga, TN · ~75 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC runs at 14% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acrylic resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC: 0.5 TCR = 14% of Acrylic resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC safety composite

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC held a steady TCR band

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 14% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/14
  • PHOTO Altuglas LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Altuglas LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC averages 0.5 TCR (14% of the Acrylic resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC falls in its industry

644 Acrylic resins manufacturing establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 14 Acrylic resins manufacturing employers in Tennessee.

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC (75 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC
AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC (75 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry LLC has more employees than the Acrylic resins manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · TN · Chattanooga

644 Acrylic resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, 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 Altuglas LLC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solvay Specialty Polymers Augusta Site 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ticona Engineering Polymers 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Americas Resins and Global FM : Fayetteville 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (Murfreesboro) 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chris-Hill Construction Co., LLC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pyramid Electric, Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE J Ross Conglomerate, LLC 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Andale Ready Mix Central, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dowagiac Campus 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR DMI Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CC Lyndhurst Campus 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wilmington RMC 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Klement's Sausage Company, Inc. - Juneau Corporate Office 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #10 (Marquette, MI) 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #125 (Freeport, IL) 75 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.