Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers · Tennessee
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co
Memphis, TN · ~78 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co: 3.9 TCR = 175% of Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co safety composite
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
−2.5
2016→2024
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co injury rate improved
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co's TCR fell 2.5 from 3.8 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.8 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 175% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #12/16
- PHOTO Kansas City South
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~78 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Kansas City South (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ideal Chemical & Supply Co in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co
3.9 TCR
- Kansas City So
Kansas City South
3.9 TCR
- nexAir Walnut
nexAir Walnut
3.9 TCR
- Nalco Water Pa
Nalco Water Paper: Neenah, WI - PG122, PG134
3.9 TCR
- Chemicals Serv
Chemicals Services, Inc
3.9 TCR
What this shows Ideal Chemical & Supply Co averages 3.9 TCR (175% of the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=6 · 2019=6 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 2.2
Where Ideal Chemical & Supply Co falls in its industry
766 Industrial chemicals merchant establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Industrial chemicals merchant employers in Tennessee.
Ideal Chemical & Supply Co has more employees than the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesaler median and a higher 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 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · TN · Memphis
766 Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, 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 | Kansas City South | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | nexAir Walnut | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nalco Water Paper: Neenah, WI - PG122, PG134 | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chemicals Services, Inc | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Elmington Construction | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | W & O Construction Company, Inc. | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ACT Security | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | A-C Electric Company, Inc. | 78 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR | 12,398 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 381940311 | 9,861 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Residential Services | 5,775 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | 5,599 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | U14 Lumberjack Restaurant | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fort Madison Community Hospital | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farmers Pride Inc Plant 3 | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rosemar Construction Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hansen International Inc | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Great Dane Central Fabrication | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DFS Flooring, LP - Van Nuys | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Remlinger Mfg Co INC | 78 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.