Tint and dye preparations, household-type (except hair), manufacturing · Georgia
Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company
Alpharetta, GA · ~144 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Tint and dye preparations, household-type (except hair), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 4
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company's OSHA Total Case Rate of 1.6 to the Tint and dye preparations, household-type (except hair), manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (48% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company falls in its industry
550 Tint and dye preparations, hou establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 27 Tint and dye preparations, hou employers in Georgia.
Trend analysis for Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company
Between 2016 and 2018, Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company's Total Case Rate improved from 2.3 to 1.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 53% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 1.1, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 2.3, a spread of 1.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company recorded 4 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 4 injuries, 3 illnesses shown on this page for Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 325998 - Tint and dye preparations, household-type (except hair), manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 374,711 hours worked = 1.07 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company (this establishment) | 1.59 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Defoamers and antifoaming agents manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 325998 |
| Georgia state avg (all industries) | 4.11 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 3 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Tint and dye preparations, household-type (except hair), manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 48% of the Tint and dye preparations, household-type (except hair), manufacturing benchmark, Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Lonza Company reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Tint and dye preparations, household-type (except hair), manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.