Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing · South Carolina
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA
Sumter, SC · ~118 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA safety composite
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% 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%).
Rising injury rate
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA: 0.8 → 4.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2024
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA's TCR rose 3.2 from 0.8 in 2023 to 4.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325211 · Sumter, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #22/29
- PHOTO Primester
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~118 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Primester (0.0 TCR gap)
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EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA
2.4 TCR
- Primester
Primester
2.4 TCR
- Lucas Ferry -
Lucas Ferry - Custom Polymers PET LLC
2.4 TCR
- Wilkinson Stre
Wilkinson Street - Custom Polymers PET LLC
2.4 TCR
- Shakespeare
Shakespeare
2.4 TCR
What this shows EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA TCR series: 2023=0.8 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3
Where EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA falls in its industry
644 Resins, plastics (except custo establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 29 Resins, plastics (except custo employers in South Carolina.
EMS-CHEMIE (North America) Inc., USA has more employees than the Resins, plastics (except custom compound median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325211 · SC · Sumter
644 Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 130 employers in Sumter, SC · 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 | Primester | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lucas Ferry - Custom Polymers PET LLC | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wilkinson Street - Custom Polymers PET LLC | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shakespeare | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Plant 07 | 118 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Norbord | 118 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | International Paper Sumter Sheet Converting | 118 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MANCOR SC | 118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Thompson Construction Group | 2,328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prisma Health Tuomey | 1,440 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sumter Utilities, Inc. | 1,370 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Continental Tire the Americas LLC - Sumter Plant | 1,350 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Giant 150 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dprint - 2710 New Tampa Hwy | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tennessee Tool & Engineering, Inc. | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Roxbury Rivermoor-Ma50 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | European Imports | 118 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Howard Shockey & Sons | 118 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | P.W. Campbell Contracting Co | 118 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Altium Packaging - Turners Falls Plant | 118 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.