Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing · Virginia

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1

Salem, VA · ~54 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1: 7.7 TCR = 235% of Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 safety composite

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1: 7.8 → 8.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2024

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1's TCR rose 0.5 from 7.8 in 2022 to 8.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Salem, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 235% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #10/13
  • PHOTO Rousselot - Dubuque
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rousselot - Dubuque (0.1 TCR gap)

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Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 averages 7.7 TCR (235% of the Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 TCR series: 2022=7.8 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=8.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 falls in its industry

485 Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricati establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricati employers in Virginia.

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 (54 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1
Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 (54 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 has fewer employees than the Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synth 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 8.3 8.3 3 1 0
2023 7.2 7.2 3 1 0
2022 7.8 3.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · VA · Salem

485 Oils (e.g., cutting, lubricating), synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 134 employers in Salem, VA · 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 Rousselot - Dubuque 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Spraytech LLC 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waynesville Bulk Plant 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR GHL International Inc 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Harrisonburg Headquarters 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE George's Virginia Grow Out 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Harrisonburg Public Utilities (Operations) 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlantic Builders Office 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carter Machinery Company, Inc. 2,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lewis Gale Medical Center 1,159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR LewisGale Medical Center 690 FTE
NAT-TCR Clean Response, Inc 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 1824 - White Oak Garner 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Miller Dedicated Services 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ChemTrace - Portland 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Niskayuna 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Imperial Stone Corp 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koax Corp 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE PennStar - Northampton 54 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. 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.