Kaolin, processing beyond beneficiation · Georgia

BASF Attapulgus

Attapulgus, GA · ~225 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BASF Attapulgus runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Kaolin, processing beyond beneficiation workplace, earning a grade A.

BASF Attapulgus: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Kaolin, processing beyond beneficiation BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BASF Attapulgus safety composite

BASF Attapulgus scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

BASF Attapulgus held a steady TCR band

BASF Attapulgus's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.3 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327992 · Attapulgus, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO CORMETECH - Durham M…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~225 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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BASF Attapulgus in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BASF Attapulgus averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Kaolin, processing beyond beneficiation BLS benchmark).

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

BASF Attapulgus TCR series: 2019=0.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0.4 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where BASF Attapulgus falls in its industry

97 Kaolin, processing beyond bene establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Kaolin, processing beyond bene employers in Georgia.

BASF Attapulgus (225 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BASF Attapulgus
BASF Attapulgus (225 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 1.9

BASF Attapulgus has more employees than the Kaolin, processing beyond beneficiation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.1 0.5 4 0 0
2021 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.3 0.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327992 · GA · Attapulgus

97 Kaolin, processing beyond beneficiation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 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 CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Isolatek International 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitesville Mill Service 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Savannah Operations 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corporate Jackson EMC 225 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brooks-Berry-Haynie & Associates 225 FTE
STATE-SIZE ELITE FLOORING AND DESIGN INC 225 FTE
STATE-SIZE Polar Southern Bottling 225 FTE
CITY-NEAR BASF Attapulgus Site 175 FTE
NAT-TCR Progressive Environmental Industries, Inc 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR High Performance Conductors, LLC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mitchell Brothers, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bock Construction 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100020 225 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sorensen, Craig F. Construction Inc. 225 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Business Furniture, LLC 225 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkview Behavioral Health 225 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.