Soaps (e.g., bar, chip, powder) manufacturing · Texas

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston

Houston, TX · ~157 workers · 2 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

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Soaps (e.g., bar, chip, powder) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston: 0.3 TCR = 9% of Soaps (e.g., bar, chip, powder) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston safety composite

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.6

2017→2018

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston injury rate improved

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.6 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325611 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 9% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/26
  • PHOTO Cincinnati Chemicals…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~157 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cincinnati Chemicals Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston averages 0.3 TCR (9% of the Soaps (e.g., bar, chip, powder) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston TCR series: 2017=0.6 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston falls in its industry

240 Soaps (e.g., bar, chip, powder establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 26 Soaps (e.g., bar, chip, powder employers in Texas.

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston (157 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston
Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston (157 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC - Houston has more employees than the Soaps (e.g., bar, chip, powder) manufact median and a lower 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 Fatalities
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325611 · TX · Houston

240 Soaps (e.g., bar, chip, powder) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 Cincinnati Chemicals Plant 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ecolab 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nouryon-Almeda 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR State Industrial Products - Corporate 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Devon Energy Corporation - Bridgeport 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Cypress 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE ODESSA TX WEST 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE OCC Civil and Mechanical 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR City Harvest Manhattan Office 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 3495-12D8511 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Henkels & McCoy, New York - Montrose 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of New Britain 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chico (Cachi) 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scs - 1655 Worldwide (Kywrw) 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springfield Center (Ohspf) 157 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.