Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing · Virginia

QualiChem Plant 2

Salem, VA · ~36 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

QualiChem Plant 2 runs at 400% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

QualiChem Plant 2: 13.2 TCR = 400% of Cutting oils, synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

QualiChem Plant 2 safety composite

QualiChem Plant 2 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 18.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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 2: 0.0 → 37.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 37.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.41× in 2021

QualiChem Plant 2's TCR rose 37.1 from 0.0 in 2017 to 37.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.41× 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 13.2 · 400% of ind

  • DART 18.6 DART
  • RANK #13/13
  • PHOTO American Flux & Meta…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Flux & Metal LLC (0.2 TCR gap)

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QualiChem Plant 2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows QualiChem Plant 2 averages 13.2 TCR (400% 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 2 TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=11.5 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=37.1 · BLS 3.3

Where QualiChem Plant 2 falls in its industry

485 Cutting oils, synthetic, manuf establishments

Safer than 1% 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 #13 safest of 13 Cutting oils, synthetic, manuf employers in Virginia.

QualiChem Plant 2 (36 employees, TCR 13.2) 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 2
QualiChem Plant 2 (36 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

QualiChem Plant 2 has fewer 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 37.1 18.6 2 0 0
2020 14.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 11.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 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 American Flux & Metal LLC 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridge 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carbon 250 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texmo Precision Castings 12.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE YORKTOWN PW ST 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richmond Warehouse 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fieldale Ofc 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Virginia American Water - Hopewell District 36 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 Haven of Sedona, LLC 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Huntington Health Care 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CC-Hartford CSC 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillcrest 13.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sedona Trace Health & Wellness 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03876 - Dfw Rdf 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04029 - Kokomo Hauling 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stevens Industries (Stevens Avenue Facility) 36 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. 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.