Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing · Alabama

Avanti Polar Lipids

Alabaster, AL · ~189 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Avanti Polar Lipids runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Avanti Polar Lipids: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Avanti Polar Lipids safety composite

Avanti Polar Lipids scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

Avanti Polar Lipids injury rate improved

Avanti Polar Lipids's TCR fell 3.3 from 3.9 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3.0 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325411 · Alabaster, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P47
  • PHOTO Command Nutritionals…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~189 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Command Nutritionals LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Avanti Polar Lipids in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Avanti Polar Lipids averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Avanti Polar Lipids TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=3 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Avanti Polar Lipids falls in its industry

260 Medicinal chemicals, uncompoun establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Avanti Polar Lipids (189 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Avanti Polar Lipids
Avanti Polar Lipids (189 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Avanti Polar Lipids has more employees than the Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manuf median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 1.6 1.2 4 0 0
2021 0.8 0.0 2 0 0
2019 3.0 1.5 1 3 0
2018 4.5 0.0 3 3 0
2017 5.2 0.8 1 6 0
2016 3.9 2.9 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325411 · AL · Alabaster

260 Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 57 employers in Alabaster, AL · 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 Command Nutritionals LLC 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMPAC Fine Chemicals 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Better Nutritional 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Building 203 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mayfield - Birmingham IC 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Homtex, Inc 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gate Precast - Plant 130 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marion Regional Medical Center 189 FTE
CITY-NEAR 724 SHELBY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER 828 FTE
CITY-NEAR Region 052 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 423 313 FTE
CITY-NEAR 423 310 FTE
NAT-TCR ASM Knoxville 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mies Construction, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Insulation Contractors/Magellan Insulation 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kobelco Compressors Manufacturing Indiana Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aerotech - Epsilon 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conterra Charlotte 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ind-Ground Ops 189 FTE
NAT-SIZE Talquin Electric Cooperative Inc. 189 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.