Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing · Tennessee

kordsa chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN · ~218 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

kordsa chattanooga runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

kordsa chattanooga: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

kordsa chattanooga safety composite

kordsa chattanooga scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−2.6

2016→2024

kordsa chattanooga injury rate improved

kordsa chattanooga's TCR fell 2.6 from 5.1 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=4.1 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #12/14
  • PHOTO Silgan Plastics Hous…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~218 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Silgan Plastics Houston (0.0 TCR gap)

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kordsa chattanooga in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows kordsa chattanooga averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

kordsa chattanooga TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=4.1 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where kordsa chattanooga falls in its industry

644 Polyethylene terephathalate (P establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 14 Polyethylene terephathalate (P employers in Tennessee.

kordsa chattanooga (218 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate kordsa chattanooga
kordsa chattanooga (218 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

kordsa chattanooga has more employees than the Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins 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 2.5 2.1 5 1 0
2023 1.5 0.8 4 0 0
2021 4.1 3.7 10 0 0
2020 5.7 2.6 7 6 0
2019 1.6 1.2 3 1 0
2018 2.5 0.8 1 5 0
2017 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2016 5.1 4.5 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · TN · Chattanooga

644 Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, 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 Silgan Plastics Houston 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allnex USA Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITW Powertrain Components - Lake Geneva 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pensacola Facility 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CDE Lightband 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACA-Tennessee 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dickson_EX 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hitachi Energy USA, inc Alamo TN 218 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Auto Metal Craft 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR McInnis Brothers Construction Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Walman Optical - St Paul 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CA - Sacramento - 2670 Land Ave - The American Bottling Company 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Yellowfin Yachts 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE OCSD Central Jail Complex 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mass. Bay Brewing Company, Inc. 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fred Anderson Raleigh, LLC 218 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.