Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Tennessee

Hexpol Compounding

Dyersburg, TN · ~229 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hexpol Compounding runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade B.

Hexpol Compounding: 1.8 TCR = 53% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hexpol Compounding safety composite

Hexpol Compounding scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Hexpol Compounding held a steady TCR band

Hexpol Compounding's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.8 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Dyersburg, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 53% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #8/19
  • PHOTO CE Shepherd Canada Dry
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~229 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CE Shepherd Canada Dry (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hexpol Compounding in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hexpol Compounding averages 1.8 TCR (53% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

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

Hexpol Compounding TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Hexpol Compounding falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 19 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Tennessee.

Hexpol Compounding (229 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hexpol Compounding
Hexpol Compounding (229 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Hexpol Compounding has more employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a lower 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 2.1 1.7 5 0 0
2017 1.4 0.8 4 1 0
2016 1.8 1.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · TN · Dyersburg

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 64 employers in Dyersburg, 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 CE Shepherd Canada Dry 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penn Color Ringgold 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR So.F.teR US, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grabill 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Industrial Solutions : IS - MFG US - Morristown, TN 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hutchinson FMS Plant 1 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3.82E+26 229 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centerpoint 229 FTE
CITY-NEAR ERMCO COMPONENTS, INC. 2,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR ERMCO 1,304 FTE
CITY-NEAR NSK Steering Systems 569 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital 400 FTE
NAT-TCR TMS Beaumont 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR KCP&L - Montrose Generating Facility 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Senior Care of Westwood 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trisun Care Center River Ridge 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Hinckley Company 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE HarmarVillage Care Center 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE ISS Facility Services, Barclays Account 229 FTE
NAT-SIZE E00610-Pepperidge Farm Downingtown 229 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, 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.