Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · North Carolina

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2

Hickory, NC · ~66 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2: 2.5 TCR = 77% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 safety composite

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.0

2022→2024

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 injury rate improved

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2's TCR fell 5.0 from 6.3 in 2022 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Hickory, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO Mapei West Chicago
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mapei West Chicago (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 averages 2.5 TCR (77% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 TCR series: 2022=6.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in North Carolina.

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 (66 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2
Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 (66 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 2 has more employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2024 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.3 2.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · NC · Hickory

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 240 employers in Hickory, NC · 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 Mapei West Chicago 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR H.B. Fuller 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hartford City 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seneca 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clinton Field Services 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riverbend Steam Station 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Salisbury Operations Center 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASHEVILLE OPERATIONS 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR Catawba Valley Medical Center 2,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merchants Distributors LLC 1,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Frye Regional Medical Center 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory Manufacturing & Technology Center 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Matthews Feed & Grain, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Gables of Canton 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Harrell's Coatings Solutions 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 0075 - Houston Westchase 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bell Intermediate Academy 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-States Packaging Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Centerburg Pointe 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tulsa Tube Bending 66 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.