Zinc dust reclaiming · Tennessee

Rockwood Facility

Rockwood, TN · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rockwood Facility runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Zinc dust reclaiming workplace, earning a grade D.

Rockwood Facility: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Zinc dust reclaiming BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rockwood Facility safety composite

Rockwood Facility scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.3

2016→2018

Rockwood Facility injury rate improved

Rockwood Facility's TCR fell 6.3 from 9.0 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.0 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Rockwood, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/14
  • PHOTO H. Kramer & Co.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H. Kramer & Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rockwood Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rockwood Facility averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Zinc dust reclaiming BLS benchmark).

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

Rockwood Facility TCR series: 2016=9 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Rockwood Facility falls in its industry

132 Zinc dust reclaiming establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Zinc dust reclaiming employers in Tennessee.

Rockwood Facility (63 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Rockwood Facility
Rockwood Facility (63 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Rockwood Facility has fewer employees than the Zinc dust reclaiming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2018 2.7 0.0 2 0 0
2017 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2016 9.0 4.5 3 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · TN · Rockwood

132 Zinc dust reclaiming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 19 employers in Rockwood, 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 H. Kramer & Co. 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houston Metal 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ames Advanced Material Corp. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Novamet Specialty Products Corporat 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE ROSE CONSTRUCTION, INC. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Neuhoff 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Constructors, Inc. 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHERRY PAINTING COMPANY, INC dba CHERRY COATINGS NASHVILLE 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR DWK Rockwood 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 676 309 FTE
CITY-NEAR 676 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR DWK Life Sciences, LLC - Rockwood, TN 246 FTE
NAT-TCR 622 Torrington Rd 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Presence McAuley Manor 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR RAIdba Liberty Estates of Danville 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gamco 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 27934 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 28166 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint-Gobain Ceramics 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #97 (West Valley, UT) 63 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: 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.