Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing · Kentucky

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant

Name: Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Louisville, KY · ~109 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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Average Safety Record: 3.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant safety composite

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant: 3.4 → 6.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2018

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant's TCR rose 3.3 from 3.4 in 2016 to 6.7 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325212 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #2/4
PHOTO Elite Elastomers
BOOK 3y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elite Elastomers (0.0 TCR gap)

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SIMTEC Silicon

3.4

What this shows Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant falls in its industry

90 Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcan establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcan employers in Kentucky.

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant (109 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Zeon Chemicals L. P. Kentucky Plant has more employees than the Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable ela median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2018	6.7	2.5	7	1
2017	0.8	0.0	1	0
2016	3.4	1.7	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325212 · KY · Louisville

90 Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 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	Elite Elastomers	RIPLEY, MS	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Crazy Aaron Enterprises Inc	NORRISTOWN, PA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lehigh Technologies	TUCKER, GA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SIMTEC Silicone Parts, LLC	MIRAMAR, FL	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Messer Construction - Louisville, KY	LOUISVILLE	109 FTE
STATE-SIZE	A&K Construction	PADUCAH	109 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Landmark Sprinkler Inc.	LEXINGTON	109 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Green Mechanical Construction, Inc - Glasgow	GLASGOW	109 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jefferson County Public Schools	Louisville	18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR	KYGRA - WORLDPORT	Louisville	11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WORLDPORT (KYGRA)	Louisville	9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR	KTKY TRUCK	Louisville	8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ambassador Manor Nursing Center	Tulsa, OK	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fairview	Fairview, MI	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Compassionate Care Hospice of Woburn	Woburn, MA	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #90 (Grafton, WI)	Grafton, WI	3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The Watershed - Corporate	Delray Beach, FL	109 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Estrella Oaks Rehab and Care Center	Georgetown, TX	109 FTE
NAT-SIZE	OCY - Plymouth	Plymouth, MA	109 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Blachford Investments Inc.	West Chicago, IL	109 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.

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