Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing · Tennessee

PMC Biogenix

Memphis, TN · ~234 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PMC Biogenix runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

PMC Biogenix: 4.8 TCR = 144% of Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PMC Biogenix safety composite

PMC Biogenix scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−0.5

2016→2024

PMC Biogenix injury rate improved

PMC Biogenix's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.9 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=2.5 · 2022=8.4 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 144% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #16/17
  • PHOTO Innospec Active Chem…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 47 inj
  • SIZE ~234 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Innospec Active Chemicals, High Point (0.0 TCR gap)

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PMC Biogenix in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PMC Biogenix averages 4.8 TCR (144% of the Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

PMC Biogenix TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=2.5 · 2022=8.4 · 2023=10.7 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where PMC Biogenix falls in its industry

552 Natural nonfood coloring, manu establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 17 Natural nonfood coloring, manu employers in Tennessee.

PMC Biogenix (234 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate PMC Biogenix
PMC Biogenix (234 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

PMC Biogenix has more employees than the Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 2.4 1.8 3 1 0
2023 10.7 3.6 6 0 0
2022 8.4 7.6 15 6 0
2018 2.5 2.2 7 1 0
2017 1.8 1.2 6 0 0
2016 2.9 2.0 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · TN · Memphis

552 Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, 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 Innospec Active Chemicals, High Point 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boulder Scientific Company 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR World Energy Harrisburg 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lanxess Greensboro 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southern Site Contractors 234 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tate Ornamental Inc. 234 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 738 234 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2662-4094 234 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Glenburnie Operator LLC 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Carter Lumber 133 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mnwil - Willmar 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Geyser Inc 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE South Carolina 234 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dorsey Run Correctional Facility 234 FTE
NAT-SIZE All of Texas 234 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Hartford 234 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, 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.