Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating · Tennessee

Chattanooga Plant 2

Chattanooga, TN · ~55 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chattanooga Plant 2 runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating workplace, earning a grade B.

Chattanooga Plant 2: 2.2 TCR = 67% of Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chattanooga Plant 2 safety composite

Chattanooga Plant 2 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

Chattanooga Plant 2: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2019

Chattanooga Plant 2's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #9/14
  • PHOTO Auriga Polymers Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Auriga Polymers Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chattanooga Plant 2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chattanooga Plant 2 averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating BLS benchmark).

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

Chattanooga Plant 2 TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.5 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Chattanooga Plant 2 falls in its industry

644 Plastics and synthetic resins establishments

Safer than 46% 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 #9 safest of 14 Plastics and synthetic resins employers in Tennessee.

Chattanooga Plant 2 (55 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 Chattanooga Plant 2
Chattanooga Plant 2 (55 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Chattanooga Plant 2 has fewer employees than the Plastics and synthetic resins regenerati median and a higher 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
2019 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2018 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 5.5 5.5 3 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · TN · Chattanooga

644 Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating 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 Auriga Polymers Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Safas Corporation 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Plastics & Machine 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ennis - Polynt 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Alabama GP Vaccination Department 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE GP Production (Pikeville) 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Department 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Charleston Site 55 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 Mosaic Carrollton 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR International Speedway Corporation 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR OK-OK 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR MMG PSI (Pulmonary, Sleep, Intensivist) 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE North Branch Construction, Inc. Home Office 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dynaco USA 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Jung Hotel & Residences 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cst Mke 55 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: 2019, 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.