Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing · South Carolina

BASF Catalysts LLC

Name: BASF Catalysts LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Seneca, SC · ~387 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BASF Catalysts LLC runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

BASF Catalysts LLC: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BASF Catalysts LLC safety composite

BASF Catalysts LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Rising injury rate

BASF Catalysts LLC: 1.9 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2020

BASF Catalysts LLC's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.9 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Seneca, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #7/8
PHOTO Centrus Energy - Ame…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 34 inj
SIZE ~387 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Centrus Energy - American Centrifuge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Facility 1

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What this shows BASF Catalysts LLC averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

BASF Catalysts LLC TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where BASF Catalysts LLC falls in its industry

418 Rare earth compounds, not spec establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Rare earth compounds, not spec employers in South Carolina.

BASF Catalysts LLC (387 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

BASF Catalysts LLC has more employees than the Rare earth compounds, not specified else median and a higher 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
2020	2.5	2.1	9	2
2019	1.7	1.7	7	0
2018	1.6	1.3	6	0
2017	1.7	1.0	5	2
2016	1.9	1.7	7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · SC · Seneca

418 Rare earth compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 59 employers in Seneca, SC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Centrus Energy - American Centrifuge	PIKETON, OH	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eco-services Hammond	HAMMOND, IN	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Old Fort Plant	OLD FORT, OH	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Facility 1	SOUTH KEARNY, NJ	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WM 628	SUMMERVILLE	387 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sauer Brands Inc.	MAULDIN	388 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Smith Drug Company	SPARTANBURG	388 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 2806	BOILING SPRINGS	388 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Oconee Nuclear	Seneca	1,213 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BorgWarner, Seneca	Seneca	946 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OCONEE MEDICAL CAMPUS	Seneca	911 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Schneider Electric	Seneca	555 FTE
NAT-TCR	573 - Montebello-Int Branch	Montebello, CA	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	NMC - Clinic, Professional Bldg, Coding and Clinic Admin.- Golden Valley	Golden Valley, MN	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Praxair Inc. Suffield, CT #873	Suffield, CT	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	WAL	Downers Grove, IL	1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Allegro MicroSystems Manchester, NH	Manchester, NH	387 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US Foods Chicago	Bensenville, IL	387 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Burke Marketing Corporation	Nevada, IA	387 FTE
NAT-SIZE	WS Packaging Group, Inc. - Knoxville	Knoxville, TN	387 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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