Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing · Georgia

Southern Chemical & Textiles

Name: Southern Chemical & Textiles Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Dalton, GA · ~41 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern Chemical & Textiles runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Southern Chemical & Textiles: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Chemical & Textiles safety composite

Southern Chemical & Textiles scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

Southern Chemical & Textiles: 0.0 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Southern Chemical & Textiles's TCR rose 2.3 from 0.0 in 2018 to 2.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325611 · Dalton, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/11
PHOTO St. Bernard Soap
BOOK 4y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: St. Bernard Soap (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Southern Chemical & Textiles averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Southern Chemical & Textiles TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=4.9 · 2021=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Southern Chemical & Textiles falls in its industry

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, employers in Georgia.

Southern Chemical & Textiles (41 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Southern Chemical & Textiles has fewer employees than the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industria median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021	2.3	0.0	0	1
2020	4.9	2.5	2	0
2019	4.8	2.4	0	2
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325611 · GA · Dalton

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 292 employers in Dalton, GA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	St. Bernard Soap	CINCINNATI, OH	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Relion Holdings Inc	SWANNANOA, NC	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nehemiah Manfucaturing CO.	CINCINNATI, OH	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Senproco, Inc.	SIOUX FALLS, SD	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Classic Groundcovers, Inc	ATHENS	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Unlimited Contract Services - Shady Dale, GA	BUENA VISTA	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sol America Energy	ATLANTA	41 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ocmulgee Electric Membership Corporation	EASTMAN	41 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hamilton Medical Center	Dalton	1,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Plant 97	Dalton	1,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SD	Dalton	1,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USA Dalton GA Antioch	Dalton	1,077 FTE
NAT-TCR	A. C. Dellovade INC	Canonsburg, PA	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	HEXPOL Compounding LLC	Burton, OH	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sowega Cotton Hartford	Hartford, AL	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Richey	Houston, TX	3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Badger Building Center	Post Falls, ID	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Furniture Rental- NYM	Secaucus, NJ	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Finish Line Cleveland	Cleveland, OH	41 FTE
NAT-SIZE	High School	Tyler, MN	41 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. 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.