Multi Craft · Tennessee

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL

Name: Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kingsport, TN · ~1,206 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.3
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Multi Craft workplace, earning a grade A.

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL: 0.3 TCR = 11% of Multi Craft BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL safety composite

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL held a steady TCR band

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.2 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.2 · 2017=0.4 · 2019=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Kingsport, TN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 11% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #5/37
PHOTO Asimpa LLC
BOOK 3y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~1,206 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Asimpa LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL averages 0.3 TCR (11% of the Multi Craft BLS benchmark).

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL TCR series: 2016=0.2 · 2017=0.4 · 2019=0.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL falls in its industry

1,634 Multi Craft establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 37 Multi Craft employers in Tennessee.

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL (1,206 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Eastman Chemical Company Kinsport TN- BSL has more employees than the Multi Craft 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
2019	0.4	0.0	3
2017	0.4	0.1	5
2016	0.2	0.1	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · TN · Kingsport

1,634 Multi Craft employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 152 employers in Kingsport, TN · 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	Asimpa LLC	HEFLIN, AL	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BrandSafway LLC - Shell Refinery - Norco	NORCO, LA	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BrandSafway Solutions, LLC - Memphis Branch	MEMPHIS, TN	0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Apache - Chevron Phillips Cedar Bayou	BAYTOWN, TX	0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	8027657-Nike - Shelby	MEMPHIS	1,206 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jackson Manufacturing Facility - KNA	JACKSON	1,210 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ashland City	ASHLAND CITY	1,200 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AO Smith	ASHLAND CITY	1,200 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Eastman Kingsport Site	Kingsport	7,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Holston Valley Medical Center	Kingsport	1,733 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BLUE RIDGE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION - VA	Kingsport	1,073 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BLUE RIDGE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION - TN	Kingsport	1,073 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sackets Harbor YMCA	Sackets Harbor, NY	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pseg Power - Nuclear	Hancocks Bridge, NJ	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	NBC Sports Group : SportsEngine - Minneapolis, MN	Minneapolis, MN	0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	NBC Sports Group : 1 Blachley Road	Stamford, CT	0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Chevron El Segundo	El Segundo, CA	1,206 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1111 Stewart Ave	Bethpage, NY	1,206 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bobcat Doosan Bismarck	Bismarck, ND	1,206 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Orange Lake Resort	Kissimmee, FL	1,206 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: 2019, 2017, 2016. 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.