Weed control services for crops · South Carolina

NaturChem, Inc.

Lexington, SC · ~278 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NaturChem, Inc. runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Weed control services for crops workplace, earning a grade A.

NaturChem, Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 23% of Weed control services for crops BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NaturChem, Inc. safety composite

NaturChem, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

NaturChem, Inc.: 0.7 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.05× in 2021

NaturChem, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 0.7 in 2018 to 2.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115112 · Lexington, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 23% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P86
  • PHOTO Stoneville-US-Research
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~278 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stoneville-US-Research (0.0 TCR gap)

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NaturChem, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NaturChem, Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (23% of the Weed control services for crops BLS benchmark).

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

NaturChem, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0.7 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 4.5

Where NaturChem, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Weed control services for crop establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
NaturChem, Inc. (278 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate NaturChem, Inc.
NaturChem, Inc. (278 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8

NaturChem, Inc. has more employees than the Weed control services for crops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2021 2.1 2.1 7 0 0
2020 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2018 0.7 0.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115112 · SC · Lexington

221 Weed control services for crops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 136 employers in Lexington, 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 Stoneville-US-Research 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corteva Windfall 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nampa TCA 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big N Deep Inc. 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bid Group Construction 278 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rolls Royce 278 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 621 278 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2687 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Lexington 1,630 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michelin US5 Lexington SC 1,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michelin North America US7 838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Columbia 760 FTE
NAT-TCR Neosho 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TI Radco, LLP 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Town of Monroe 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AUSTIN FOAM/SEALED AIR CORP-Dallas 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE NOVO Construction, Inc. 278 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 1 278 FTE
NAT-SIZE Poco Graphite Inc. 278 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZKCL 278 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: 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.