Peroxides, organic, manufacturing · New York

Arch Chemicals Inc.

Rochester, NY · ~127 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arch Chemicals Inc. runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Peroxides, organic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Arch Chemicals Inc.: 2.2 TCR = 68% of Peroxides, organic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arch Chemicals Inc. safety composite

Arch Chemicals Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−2.0

2019→2023

Arch Chemicals Inc. injury rate improved

Arch Chemicals Inc.'s TCR fell 2.0 from 3.2 in 2019 to 1.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.2 · 2023=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Rochester, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 68% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Aldrich Chemical Co.…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aldrich Chemical Co., LLC - Sheboygan (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arch Chemicals Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arch Chemicals Inc. averages 2.2 TCR (68% of the Peroxides, organic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Arch Chemicals Inc. TCR series: 2019=3.2 · 2023=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Arch Chemicals Inc. falls in its industry

552 Peroxides, organic, manufactur establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Peroxides, organic, manufactur employers in New York.

Arch Chemicals Inc. (127 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Arch Chemicals Inc.
Arch Chemicals Inc. (127 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Arch Chemicals Inc. has more employees than the Peroxides, organic, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2023 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2019 3.2 2.6 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · NY · Rochester

552 Peroxides, organic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 956 employers in Rochester, NY · 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 Aldrich Chemical Co., LLC - Sheboygan 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SantoLubes Manufacturing LLC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evonik jayhawk fine chemicals corp. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delta Energy LLC 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE West Nyack 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Line Structures 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Seneca 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Appolo Heating 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Division 50 University of Rochester 13,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester General Hospital 7,833 FTE
CITY-NEAR Division 40 University of Rochester 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Hospital 3,158 FTE
NAT-TCR PSB Industries Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenleaf Corporation 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR City Of Olivia 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR enTouch Systems, Inc-Richmond 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE LT Designs Plant # 7 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baily International of Atlanta 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rowe Ford Sales 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harbor Health Services, Inc ESP Mattapan 127 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: 2023, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.