Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · Tennessee
Corechem, Inc.
Knoxville, TN · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Corechem, Inc. runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Corechem, Inc.: 3.9 TCR = 177% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Corechem, Inc. safety composite
Corechem, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.9 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Corechem, Inc.: 0.0 → 5.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2022
Corechem, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.2 from 0.0 in 2019 to 5.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 10.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Knoxville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 177% of ind
- DART 5.2 DART
- RANK #13/16
- PHOTO Iron Works Complex
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~31 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Iron Works Complex (0.0 TCR gap)
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Corechem, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Corechem, Inc.
3.9 TCR
- Iron Works Com
Iron Works Complex
3.9 TCR
- Georgetown
Georgetown
3.9 TCR
- nexAir Okeecho
nexAir Okeechobee Plant
3.9 TCR
- TTS Distributi
TTS Distribution, Inc.
3.9 TCR
What this shows Corechem, Inc. averages 3.9 TCR (177% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Corechem, Inc. TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=5.2 · BLS 2.2
Where Corechem, Inc. falls in its industry
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 16 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in Tennessee.
Corechem, Inc. has fewer employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · TN · Knoxville
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 747 employers in Knoxville, 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 | Iron Works Complex | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Georgetown | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | nexAir Okeechobee Plant | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TTS Distribution, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Humboldt Hatchery | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cairo Farmers Gin, LLC | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0000000932 WATER/SEWER-SEWER FCLTY MAINT | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | George W Reagan Company | 31 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cellular Sales Services Group LLC | 6,387 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University Health System, Inc | 5,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Functional Pathways of TN LLC | 2,258 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HES Facilities Services K-12 | 2,157 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | New Carrollton Rail Yard | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ashley HomeStore 35 | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sutter Roofing Company of Florida | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maxion Wheels | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | FPSS | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eastern Mechanical Services Inc - Only Branch | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Target Construction, Inc. | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maumee Valley Fabricators, Inc. | 31 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.