Acids merchant wholesalers · South Carolina

PCC Chemax, Inc.

Piedmont, SC · ~35 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PCC Chemax, Inc. runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acids merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

PCC Chemax, Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 41% of Acids merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PCC Chemax, Inc. safety composite

PCC Chemax, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

PCC Chemax, Inc. held a steady TCR band

PCC Chemax, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Piedmont, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/12
  • PHOTO Troy
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Troy (0.0 TCR gap)

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PCC Chemax, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PCC Chemax, Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (41% of the Acids merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

PCC Chemax, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where PCC Chemax, Inc. falls in its industry

766 Acids merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Acids merchant wholesalers employers in South Carolina.

PCC Chemax, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 PCC Chemax, Inc.
PCC Chemax, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

PCC Chemax, Inc. has fewer employees than the Acids merchant wholesalers median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · SC · Piedmont

766 Acids merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 71 employers in Piedmont, 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 Troy 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DeWolf Chemical, LLC 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rock Hill Distribution 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dickinson, ND - South 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conway Service Center and Warehouse 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE FLORENCE DISTRICT OFFICE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Delivery Operations (Charleston) 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Drive Automotive Industries of America 1,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Blood Connection 657 FTE
CITY-NEAR PL Developments - OGR Plant 591 FTE
CITY-NEAR C453 Greenville 372 FTE
NAT-TCR Quality Gold, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Peachtree Hospitality Management 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Bill Doran LLC - Albany 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Flooring America Design Center 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE PromptCare Home Infusion of NY, LLC 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Four Seasons Air Conditioning Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE All American Recycling - Chicago 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE TXH066 35 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.