Zinc dust reclaiming · Tennessee

Befesa Zinc US Inc

Rockwood, TN · ~44 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Befesa Zinc US Inc runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Zinc dust reclaiming workplace, earning a grade A.

Befesa Zinc US Inc: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Zinc dust reclaiming BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Befesa Zinc US Inc safety composite

Befesa Zinc US Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2021→2024

Befesa Zinc US Inc injury rate improved

Befesa Zinc US Inc's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.3 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.3 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Rockwood, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/14
  • PHOTO MMA Aero
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MMA Aero (0.0 TCR gap)

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Befesa Zinc US Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Befesa Zinc US Inc averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Zinc dust reclaiming BLS benchmark).

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

Befesa Zinc US Inc TCR series: 2021=1.3 · 2022=4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Befesa Zinc US Inc falls in its industry

132 Zinc dust reclaiming establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 14 Zinc dust reclaiming employers in Tennessee.

Befesa Zinc US Inc (44 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Befesa Zinc US Inc
Befesa Zinc US Inc (44 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Befesa Zinc US Inc has fewer employees than the Zinc dust reclaiming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.0 0.0 3 0 0
2021 1.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · TN · Rockwood

132 Zinc dust reclaiming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 19 employers in Rockwood, 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 MMA Aero 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ESM GROUP INC. - KINGSBURY, IN 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Everzinc 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Umicore Optical Materials USA Inc 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE South Pittsburg Office 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Building Group, Inc. 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walker Building Group, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE JACKSON SHOP & WEST TENN STRUCTURES 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR DWK Rockwood 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 676 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR 676 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR DWK Life Sciences, LLC - Rockwood, TN 246 FTE
NAT-TCR Myrtle-Cpis-Myrtle Beach,Sc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Daily's Premium Meats 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TKS Contracting, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Seymour, IN - E. 4th Street 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mauell Corporation 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boneso Brothers Construction Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE 129 Santa Ana 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE 189 Hampton 44 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. 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.