Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks) merchant wholesalers · Tennessee

Orica USA

Goodlettsville, TN · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Orica USA runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Orica USA: 2.7 TCR = 122% of Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Orica USA safety composite

Orica USA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Orica USA held a steady TCR band

Orica USA's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.1 in 2019 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Goodlettsville, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 122% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #9/16
  • PHOTO The Cope Company Salt
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Cope Company Salt (0.0 TCR gap)

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Orica USA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Orica USA averages 2.7 TCR (122% of the Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Orica USA TCR series: 2019=4.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=4 · BLS 2.2

Where Orica USA falls in its industry

766 Explosives (except ammunition, establishments

Safer than 36% 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 #9 safest of 16 Explosives (except ammunition, employers in Tennessee.

Orica USA (27 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 Orica USA
Orica USA (27 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Orica USA has fewer employees than the Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks 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
2021 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · TN · Goodlettsville

766 Explosives (except ammunition, fireworks) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 46 employers in Goodlettsville, 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 The Cope Company Salt 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jacksonville JV 0975 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbia Chemical Corp 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Council Bluffs Branch 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Montgomery County Power Station 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Precision Millwrights & Consultants, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Innovative Millwright Service 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cumberland Valley Constructors, Inc. 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodlettsville Case Rdy Plant 1,994 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Divisions 776 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dollar General Walton KY DC 461 FTE
CITY-NEAR AWG, Nashville 370 FTE
NAT-TCR Individual 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Stewart Bros., Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Linel LLC, a Mestek Company 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tech Ready Mix Inc 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Magna Mechanical 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson Tractor Rochelle 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE M. B. Kahn Spartanburg High School 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hills #1 27 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, 2019. 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.