Diatomaceous earth processing beyond beneficiation · North Carolina

CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility

Durham, NC · ~143 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Diatomaceous earth processing beyond beneficiation workplace, earning a grade A.

CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Diatomaceous earth processing beyond beneficiation BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility safety composite

CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2019→2024

CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility injury rate improved

CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility's TCR fell 0.7 from 0.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.7 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327992 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P95
  • PHOTO Isolatek International
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Isolatek International (0.0 TCR gap)

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CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Diatomaceous earth processing beyond beneficiation BLS benchmark).

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

CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility TCR series: 2019=0.7 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility falls in its industry

97 Diatomaceous earth processing establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility (143 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility
CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility (143 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 1.9

CORMETECH - Durham Manufacturing Facility has more employees than the Diatomaceous earth processing beyond ben median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2021 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2020 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327992 · NC · Durham

97 Diatomaceous earth processing beyond beneficiation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 Isolatek International 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BASF Attapulgus 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSAB Iowa 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitesville Mill Service 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elkin 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pike Kentucky Statewide Operations 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bernhard MCC L.L.C. CNC 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE prestige farms 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Columbia Energy Center 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Herzog Contracting Corp - HSR Constructors 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DesignTex Maine 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR LVC Window Blinds, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Thomas Cuisine @ ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aurora IL FXFE-AUR 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danvers Office - 02 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Phoenix AZ FXFE-NPX 143 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.