Acetate fibers and filaments manufacturing · Tennessee

Toho Tenax America, Inc.

Name: Toho Tenax America, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Rockwood, TN · ~76 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Toho Tenax America, Inc. runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acetate fibers and filaments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Toho Tenax America, Inc.: 0.7 TCR = 20% of Acetate fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Toho Tenax America, Inc. safety composite

Toho Tenax America, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
DART rate: A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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

Toho Tenax America, Inc.: 0.0 → 1.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 1.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

Toho Tenax America, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325220 · Rockwood, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 20% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/6
PHOTO Eastman Kingsport Site
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eastman Kingsport Site (0.0 TCR gap)

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Eastman Kingsp

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DSM Protective

0.7
DuPont Spruanc

0.6
Hexcel Corpora

0.6

What this shows Toho Tenax America, Inc. averages 0.7 TCR (20% of the Acetate fibers and filaments manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Toho Tenax America, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Toho Tenax America, Inc. falls in its industry

68 Acetate fibers and filaments m establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Acetate fibers and filaments m employers in Tennessee.

Toho Tenax America, Inc. (76 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 167 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Toho Tenax America, Inc. has fewer employees than the Acetate fibers and filaments manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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	1.3	0.0	1	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325220 · TN · Rockwood

68 Acetate fibers and filaments manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Eastman Kingsport Site	KINGSPORT, TN	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DSM Protective Materials	GREENVILLE, NC	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DuPont Spruance Plant	RICHMOND, VA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hexcel Corporation	DECATUR, AL	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Agape Rehabilitation and Nursing Center	JOHNSON CITY	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Pavilion	LEBANON	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TENNESSEE	PORTLAND	76 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Knoxville	OAK RIDGE	76 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DWK Rockwood	Rockwood	335 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 676	Rockwood	309 FTE
CITY-NEAR	676	Rockwood	280 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DWK Life Sciences, LLC - Rockwood, TN	Rockwood	246 FTE
NAT-TCR	Schneider Electric	Leesport, PA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	4028-IL000	Itasca, IL	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Industrial Solutions : IS - FS - Northern USA	Westchester, IL	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.	Deerfield, IL	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc. TAFA Division	Concord, NH	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Mexico LLC	Mexico, MO	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Brookhaven LLC	Springfield, MO	76 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PolyOne Corporation Kennesaw	Kennesaw, GA	76 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.