Employer
Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx
Safety Grade
A
Avg TCR
0.3
per 100 workers
Inspections
8
years on record
Acrylonitrile manufacturing · Texas
2026 data Public-data reference. official source

Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx

Open-data reference.

ALVIN, TX | Acrylonitrile manufacturing

~522 avg employees | 8 years of OSHA data

A
Excellent Safety Record
Avg TCR
0.3
per 100 workers/yr
Industry Avg TCR
3.3
BLS benchmark
Total Injuries
13
across all years
Fatalities
0
across all years

Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx has an average TCR of 0.3, which is 8% of the industry average (3.3) for Acrylonitrile manufacturing. This is significantly better than average.

Safety Insights for Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx

Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx operates an establishment with approximately 522 full-time equivalent workers in ALVIN, TX, classified under the Acrylonitrile manufacturing industry (NAICS 325199). Across 8 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 13 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 0.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the A letter grade (Excellent Safety Record).

Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Acrylonitrile manufacturing, Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx's workforce experiences 8% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.

Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 8 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx's own 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.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 325199 — Acrylonitrile manufacturing.

DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)

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.

1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,015,766 hours worked = 0.20 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx (this establishment) 0.26 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg
Esters, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing industry avg 3.30 BLS IIF, NAICS 325199
Texas state avg (all industries) 11.19 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 Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx 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.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.6 0.2 3 0 0
2023 0.3 0.2 2 0 0
2022 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2021 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.5 0.3 4 0 0
2016 0.1 0.0 1 0 0

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx's safety grade?
Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx has a safety grade of A (Excellent Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 0.3 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 3.3 for Acrylonitrile manufacturing.
How is the safety grade calculated?
Safety grades are calculated by comparing an employer's average Total Case Rate (TCR) — the number of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers per year — against the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) industry benchmark. Grade A means significantly below average injury rates; grade F means significantly above average.
How many injuries has Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx reported?
Ascend Performance Materials- Alvin Tx has reported 13 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 8 years of OSHA data (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.
Where does PlainSafetyScore get its data?
All safety data comes from OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (ITA), which collects mandatory establishment-level injury and illness reports from employers with 250+ employees or those in high-hazard industries. Industry benchmarks are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program.

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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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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