Oil additive preparations manufacturing · Indiana

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works

Name: Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Hammond, IN · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Oil additive preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works: 5.3 TCR = 161% of Oil additive preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works safety composite

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.7

2017→2018

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works injury rate improved

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works's TCR fell 1.7 from 6.2 in 2017 to 4.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.2 · 2018=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Hammond, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 161% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #9/14
PHOTO Water Technologies a…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Water Technologies and Solutions : Addison, IL, USA (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.4
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5.4
This site

5.3
Water Technolo

5.3
Highline Warre

5.3

What this shows Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works averages 5.3 TCR (161% of the Oil additive preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works TCR series: 2017=6.2 · 2018=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works falls in its industry

485 Oil additive preparations manu establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Oil additive preparations manu employers in Indiana.

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works (74 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Dover Chemical Corporation Hammond Works has more employees than the Oil additive preparations manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2018	4.5	3.0	2	1	0
2017	6.2	3.1	2	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · IN · Hammond

485 Oil additive preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 136 employers in Hammond, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Water Technologies and Solutions : Addison, IL, USA	ADDISON, IL	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ORG Chem Group, LLC Hot Springs	HOT SPRINGS, AR	5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Highline Warren Sparks	SPARKS, NV	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Brain Power Inc	MIAMI, FL	5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Homestead Main	PLYMOUTH	74 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6678_15543	FRANKFORT	74 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southeastern Indiana REMC	OSGOOD	74 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DJ Construction	GOSHEN	74 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HORSESHOE HAMMOND	Hammond	1,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lear Corporation - Hammond	Hammond	920 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Franciscan Health Hammond	Hammond	535 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2818	Hammond	419 FTE
NAT-TCR	Donaldson Company- Stevens Point	Stevens Point, WI	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Barker Brothers Waste	Union City, TN	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sacramento East Recycle	Sacramento, CA	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #66 (Spokane, WA (North))	Spokane, WA	5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lone Cactus Egg Farm	Bouse, AR	74 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Castle Rock Hotel and Waterpark	Branson, MO	74 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Construction Company	Helena, MT	74 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Linde - HYCO Laporte	Laporte, TX	74 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.