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

So.F.teR US, Inc.

Lebanon, TN · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

So.F.teR US, Inc. runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade B.

So.F.teR US, Inc.: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

So.F.teR US, Inc. safety composite

So.F.teR US, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Rising injury rate

So.F.teR US, Inc.: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

So.F.teR US, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Lebanon, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #9/19
  • PHOTO Grabill
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grabill (0.0 TCR gap)

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So.F.teR US, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows So.F.teR US, Inc. averages 1.8 TCR (54% 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

So.F.teR US, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where So.F.teR US, Inc. falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

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 19 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Tennessee.

So.F.teR US, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 So.F.teR US, Inc.
So.F.teR US, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

So.F.teR US, Inc. has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a lower 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
2017 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · TN · Lebanon

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 148 employers in Lebanon, 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 Grabill 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penn Color Ringgold 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Standridge Color Corporation-Social Circle Georgia 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CE Shepherd Canada Dry 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE RIVERSIDE FUQUA FARMS LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buy Sod USA - Nashville Sod Farm 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Warren-Viola Utility District 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE JOB 268BG Rutherford County 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : BNA2 1,311 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wilson County Government 858 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BNA8 844 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BNA2 820 FTE
NAT-TCR Atlantic Nurseries, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 0075 - Wichita, Ks 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryerson- Columbus 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Curtiss-Wright Surface Technology 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allied Mineral Products - Anniston 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE AEM 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ammon Nursery 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Inn & Suites 24 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.