Alkalies manufacturing · Massachusetts

Ascensus Specialties, LLC

Newburyport, MA · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ascensus Specialties, LLC runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Alkalies manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ascensus Specialties, LLC: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Alkalies manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascensus Specialties, LLC safety composite

Ascensus Specialties, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−5.6

2023→2024

Ascensus Specialties, LLC injury rate improved

Ascensus Specialties, LLC's TCR fell 5.6 from 5.6 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Newburyport, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Thatcher Company Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thatcher Company Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ascensus Specialties, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ascensus Specialties, LLC averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Alkalies manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ascensus Specialties, LLC TCR series: 2023=5.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ascensus Specialties, LLC falls in its industry

418 Alkalies manufacturing establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Alkalies manufacturing employers in Massachusetts.

Ascensus Specialties, LLC (74 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Ascensus Specialties, LLC
Ascensus Specialties, LLC (74 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Ascensus Specialties, LLC has more employees than the Alkalies manufacturing median and a higher 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.6 4.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · MA · Newburyport

418 Alkalies manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 59 employers in Newburyport, MA · 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 Thatcher Company Inc 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Niagara Refining LLC 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SII Tuscaloosa 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seaboard Energy of Oklahoma, LLC 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Medicinals, Inc. 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Boston Solar Company LLC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPS/Walsh JV 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Bay State Construction Co., INc. 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anna Jaques Hospital 946 FTE
CITY-NEAR BETH ISREAL DEACONESS HOSPITAL ANNA JAQUES 491 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester Electronics LLC 470 FTE
CITY-NEAR Turning Point, Inc. 334 FTE
NAT-TCR Iaftd - Fort Dodge 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Rubber Company 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Loudon PC98 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Decore-Ative Specialties 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Txver - Vernon 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nckin - Kinston Center 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Njnwk - Newark 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wi520 - Holmen 74 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. 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.