Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · North Carolina

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC

Dallas, NC · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC runs at 380% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade F.

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC: 12.5 TCR = 380% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC safety composite

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−18.9

2023→2024

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC injury rate improved

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC's TCR fell 18.9 from 22.0 in 2023 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 22.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=22.0 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Dallas, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.5 · 380% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #21/22
  • PHOTO Portland
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Portland (0.1 TCR gap)

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Polykemi Manufacturing LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polykemi Manufacturing LLC averages 12.5 TCR (380% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

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

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC TCR series: 2023=22 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Polykemi Manufacturing LLC falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 22 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in North Carolina.

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC (22 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Polykemi Manufacturing LLC
Polykemi Manufacturing LLC (22 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Polykemi Manufacturing LLC has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 22.0 22.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · NC · Dallas

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 22 employers in Dallas, NC · 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 Portland 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Breen Color Concentrates 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR WIMAN-SAUK RAPIDS 12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber and Composites Poway 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE A Plus Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rock Ridge Farms Partnership 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vanguard Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE LNM - 105 -EST 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gaston College 760 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 146 168 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dixon Quick Coupling 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Innovative Glass of America, Inc. 132 FTE
NAT-TCR Lincoln Court 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lucky Day Logistics LLC 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Milkhouse Candle Co - New Hampton 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Grass Stockyards of Lexington 12.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sharon 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Glass Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rogue Mechanical Insulation 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pace Store 22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.