Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing · Alabama

Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC

Cherokee, AL · ~109 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC safety composite

Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−4.0

2016→2024

Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC injury rate improved

Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325311 · Cherokee, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P45
  • PHOTO Sioux City, IA- Floy…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sioux City, IA- Floyd Blvd PN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC falls in its industry

85 Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC (109 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC
Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC (109 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Cherokee Nitrogen, LLC has more employees than the Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufact 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2021 3.4 1.7 3 1 0
2020 2.5 2.5 3 0 0
2019 4.1 2.5 5 0 0
2018 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2017 3.6 2.7 4 0 0
2016 4.0 2.4 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325311 · AL · Cherokee

85 Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 8 employers in Cherokee, 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 Sioux City, IA- Floyd Blvd PN 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR El Dorado Nitrogen L.L.C. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chilton Agronomy and Grain 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iowa Fertilizer Company 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GGP Production (Elkmont) 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midtown Business Center 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bailey Harris Construction Co., Inc. 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gulf Equipment Corporate 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR FreightCar America 842 FTE
CITY-NEAR FreightCar Alabama, LLC 531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Essity Professional Hygiene Barton 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR Essity Professional Hygiene 481 FTE
NAT-TCR Multiwall 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR HORIBA Instruments Incorporated - Medical (Canton) 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fairfield Inn Suites by Marriott 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Ribbon Incorporated DBA Overhead Door Company of Franklin 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Endo Pharmaceuticals, Horsham 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medical Associates Platinum II (MAHP) 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE AF Steel Fabricators LLC 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kimpton Marlowe Hotel 109 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, 2020, 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.