Zinc oxide (except pigments) manufacturing · Tennessee

Zochem LLC

Dickson, TN · ~33 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zochem LLC runs at 10% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Zinc oxide (except pigments) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Zochem LLC: 0.3 TCR = 10% of Zinc oxide (except pigments) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zochem LLC safety composite

Zochem LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 95% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 95% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Zochem LLC held a steady TCR band

Zochem LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Dickson, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 10% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/21
  • PHOTO New Johnsonville Plant
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: New Johnsonville Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zochem LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zochem LLC averages 0.3 TCR (10% of the Zinc oxide (except pigments) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Zochem LLC TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Zochem LLC falls in its industry

418 Zinc oxide (except pigments) m establishments

Safer than 95% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 21 Zinc oxide (except pigments) m employers in Tennessee.

Zochem LLC (33 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Zochem LLC
Zochem LLC (33 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Zochem LLC has fewer employees than the Zinc oxide (except pigments) manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · TN · Dickson

418 Zinc oxide (except pigments) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 73 employers in Dickson, 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 New Johnsonville Plant 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Borderland 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wurtland 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Urenco USA 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hamilton County WWTA (Water & Wastewater Treatment Authority) 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE JC Curtis Construction Co., LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE TDH Inc 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE ORION 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dickson County Board of Education 1,095 FTE
CITY-NEAR TriStar Horizon Medical Center 773 FTE
CITY-NEAR Express Employment Professonals 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dickson County Government 413 FTE
NAT-TCR EIF Channelview Cogeneration LLC 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Analog Devices Inc. San Jose Campus 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ingram Micro, Inc. - Williamsville 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Raytheon Portsmouth_RI 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Catering of Central Texas, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ventana 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wieser Trucking Inc, 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE B & W Glass 33 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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