Janitorial chemicals merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

Midlab, Inc.

Athens, TN · ~121 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midlab, Inc. runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Janitorial chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Midlab, Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 273% of Janitorial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midlab, Inc. safety composite

Midlab, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−5.7

2022→2024

Midlab, Inc. injury rate improved

Midlab, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.7 from 7.2 in 2022 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.2 · 2023=9.4 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Athens, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 273% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #15/16
  • PHOTO Chemsolv-Roanoke
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chemsolv-Roanoke (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midlab, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midlab, Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (273% of the Janitorial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Midlab, Inc. TCR series: 2022=7.2 · 2023=9.4 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Midlab, Inc. falls in its industry

766 Janitorial chemicals merchant establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 16 Janitorial chemicals merchant employers in Tennessee.

Midlab, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Midlab, Inc.
Midlab, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Midlab, Inc. has more employees than the Janitorial 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 1.5 0.7 1 1 0
2023 9.4 5.1 6 5 0
2022 7.2 5.4 5 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · TN · Athens

766 Janitorial chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 77 employers in Athens, 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 Chemsolv-Roanoke 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solnexus Chemical 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pride Solvents and Chemical Co of NY, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chemisphere Corporation 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chattanooga Container 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE BASF Corporation 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodbridge INOAC Technical Products, LLC 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC 1,659 FTE
CITY-NEAR DENSO Manufacturing Athens, TN INC 1,638 FTE
CITY-NEAR Starr Regional Medical Center 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adient Athens 540 FTE
NAT-TCR 36L6 - EAN Holdings, LLC Hawaii Division 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1116 Myrtle Beach 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 3025 Wentzville 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Dsd Merchandisers LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Timber Creek Resource - Milwaukee 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE BJC - Medical Center Campus Renewal 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1238 Springfield Gardens 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1840 El Toro 121 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.