Sodium borohydride manufacturing · Washington

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant

Name: Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elma, WA · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sodium borohydride manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Sodium borohydride manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant safety composite

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−1.4

2019→2020

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant injury rate improved

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant's TCR fell 1.4 from 1.4 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.4 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Elma, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/8
PHOTO Pasadena Catalyst
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pasadena Catalyst (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.7
Pasadena Catal

0.7
Bio Lab, Inc

0.7
HoneywellLA25

0.7
Criterion Cata

0.7

What this shows Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Sodium borohydride manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant falls in its industry

418 Sodium borohydride manufacturi establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 8 Sodium borohydride manufacturi employers in Washington.

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant (69 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Ascensus Specialties - Elma Plant has more employees than the Sodium borohydride manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2019	1.4	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · WA · Elma

418 Sodium borohydride manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 13 employers in Elma, WA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pasadena Catalyst	PASADENA, TX	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bio Lab, Inc	WESTLAKE, LA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HoneywellLA25	SHREVEPORT, LA	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Criterion Catalyst and Technologies, Inc.	BAY POINT, CA	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NBI	BELLINGHAM	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	O'Brien Orchards, Inc.	PROSSER	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Flanagan and Jones, LLC	QUINCY	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GenCap Construction Corp.	KIRKLAND	69 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summit Pacific Medical Center	Elma	256 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Briggs Nursery	Elma	132 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sidhu & Sons Nursery USA	Elma	124 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wellness Center	Elma	116 FTE
NAT-TCR	Hammill Medical	Maumee, OH	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Milner Technologies, Inc.	Norcross, GA	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Koch Energy Services - Houston	Houston, TX	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	AstenJohnson Charleston - Corporate	Charleston, SC	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Waste Services of Tennessee-Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pratt Display - Reading	Reading, PA	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Inscape	Falconer, NY	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cash Saver #2331	West Plains, MO	69 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.