Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating · Pennsylvania

Arkema West Chester Plant

West Chester, PA · ~76 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arkema West Chester Plant runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating workplace, earning a grade A.

Arkema West Chester Plant: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arkema West Chester Plant safety composite

Arkema West Chester Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2016→2024

Arkema West Chester Plant injury rate improved

Arkema West Chester Plant's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.3 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · West Chester, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/37
  • PHOTO Arkema Inc. West Che…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Arkema Inc. West Chester (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arkema West Chester Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arkema West Chester Plant averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating BLS benchmark).

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

Arkema West Chester Plant TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Arkema West Chester Plant falls in its industry

644 Plastics and synthetic resins establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 37 Plastics and synthetic resins employers in Pennsylvania.

Arkema West Chester Plant (76 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Arkema West Chester Plant
Arkema West Chester Plant (76 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Arkema West Chester Plant has more employees than the Plastics and synthetic resins regenerati median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2016 1.3 1.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · PA · West Chester

644 Plastics and synthetic resins regenerating, precipitating, and coagulating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 171 employers in West Chester, PA · 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 Arkema Inc. West Chester 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NOVA Chemicals, Beaver Valley Site 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Megadyne America Charlotte 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DTFHopewell 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Generation Maintenance 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Horsham Office 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Frank J. Zottola Construction 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE LB Foster Rail Technologies, Inc (Field Services) 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chester County Hospital 2,607 FTE
CITY-NEAR QVC, Inc. (Studio Park) 2,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR DePuy Synthes West Chester 2,087 FTE
CITY-NEAR DePuy Synthes Sales West Chester 1,265 FTE
NAT-TCR Rivergate Mall #1102 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Shannon Precision Fastener Distribution & Technical Center 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR City Center 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fortier Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE CHEP Modesto Service Center (UTB5) 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trusted Hand Service Inc, 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Live Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE DT Irvine Spectrum 76 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.