Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing · Virginia

QualiChem Plant 1

Salem, VA · ~65 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

QualiChem Plant 1 runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

QualiChem Plant 1: 4.3 TCR = 130% of Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

QualiChem Plant 1 safety composite

QualiChem Plant 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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 Plant 1: 4.3 → 10.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.41× in 2021

QualiChem Plant 1's TCR rose 6.0 from 4.3 in 2016 to 10.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 130% of ind

  • DART 10.3 DART
  • RANK #7/13
  • PHOTO BHS Specialty Chemic…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BHS Specialty Chemical Products - Nampa (0.0 TCR gap)

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QualiChem Plant 1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows QualiChem Plant 1 averages 4.3 TCR (130% of the Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

QualiChem Plant 1 TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=10.3 · BLS 3.3

Where QualiChem Plant 1 falls in its industry

485 Cutting oils, synthetic, manuf establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #7 safest of 13 Cutting oils, synthetic, manuf employers in Virginia.

QualiChem Plant 1 (65 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Plant 1
QualiChem Plant 1 (65 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

QualiChem Plant 1 has more employees than the Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing 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
2021 10.3 10.3 5 0 0
2020 4.8 0.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.2 6.2 5 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.3 2.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · VA · Salem

485 Cutting oils, 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 BHS Specialty Chemical Products - Nampa 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FUJIFILM ULTRAPURE SOLUTIONS 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR AquaPhoenix Scientific -HQ 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kilgore Flares Co. LLC 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE POSSUM PT PW ST 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLUE RIDGE 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works-Wastewater 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gilbane Building Company Richmond 65 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 Kanthal Bethel 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of Evergreen 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR New York Metro 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Caraustar Phoenix Tube Plant 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carl Walker Construction, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE 208 Shrewsbury 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allerton, IA 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kgds Development Services Bldg 65 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.