Toothpastes, gels, and tooth powders manufacturing · Tennessee
Colgate- Palmolive
Morristown, TN · ~284 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Colgate- Palmolive runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Toothpastes, gels, and tooth powders manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Colgate- Palmolive: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Toothpastes, gels, and tooth powders manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Colgate- Palmolive safety composite
Colgate- Palmolive scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% 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%).
Colgate- Palmolive held a steady TCR band
Colgate- Palmolive's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.9 in 2020 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=0.9 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=1.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325611 · Morristown, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind
- DART 0.3 DART
- RANK #2/5
- PHOTO Henkel Corporation
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~284 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Henkel Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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Colgate- Palmolive in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Colgate- Palmolive
1.6 TCR
- Henkel Corpora
Henkel Corporation
1.6 TCR
- Ada World Head
Ada World Headquarters
1.6 TCR
- DBA Voyant Bea
DBA Voyant Beauty
1.6 TCR
- Croda Mill Hal
Croda Mill Hall
1.6 TCR
What this shows Colgate- Palmolive averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Toothpastes, gels, and tooth powders manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Colgate- Palmolive TCR series: 2020=0.9 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Colgate- Palmolive falls in its industry
240 Toothpastes, gels, and tooth p establishmentsSafer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Toothpastes, gels, and tooth p employers in Tennessee.
Colgate- Palmolive has more employees than the Toothpastes, gels, and tooth powders man median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325611 · TN · Morristown
240 Toothpastes, gels, and tooth powders manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 123 employers in Morristown, 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 | Henkel Corporation | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ada World Headquarters | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DBA Voyant Beauty | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Croda Mill Hall | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DPR Construction - Nashville | 284 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Athens Trailer Operations | 284 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 667 | 284 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TNBAR - BARTLETT | 284 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MAHLE Engine Components USA, INC. - Morristown | 928 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Howmet - Morristown M1 | 892 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Howmet - Morristown 1 | 747 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Team Technologies, Inc. Morristown, TN | 729 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | TPAC adivision of EnCon united | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2731 E8Q79 - Turnpike Mainline Widening | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc 37CQ | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arbor Ridge at Brookmeade Community | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | GUM-GH | 284 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Holsum Bakery, Inc. | 284 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Union City - 6000 Studio Way | 284 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems CASA1 | 284 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.