Sodium borohydride manufacturing · Washington

Ascensus Specialties

Elma, WA · ~68 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ascensus Specialties runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sodium borohydride manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ascensus Specialties: 1.2 TCR = 36% of Sodium borohydride manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascensus Specialties safety composite

Ascensus Specialties scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−3.2

2021→2024

Ascensus Specialties injury rate improved

Ascensus Specialties's TCR fell 3.2 from 3.2 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.2 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Technic, Inc. Engine…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Technic, Inc. Engineered Powders Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ascensus Specialties in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ascensus Specialties averages 1.2 TCR (36% of the Sodium borohydride manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ascensus Specialties TCR series: 2021=3.2 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ascensus Specialties falls in its industry

418 Sodium borohydride manufacturi establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Sodium borohydride manufacturi employers in Washington.

Ascensus Specialties (68 employees, TCR 1.2) 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
Ascensus Specialties (68 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Ascensus Specialties 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2021 3.2 3.2 0 2 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Technic, Inc. Engineered Powders Division 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eco-services Martinez 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR EMD Performance Materials 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evonik Corporation Chester 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Baker Produce - Goosehill I 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE PSE, OLY - Olympia Business Office 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Regenis LLC 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newport 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Pacific Medical Center 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Briggs Nursery 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sidhu & Sons Nursery USA 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wellness Center 116 FTE
NAT-TCR AITX Brookhaven 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Springhill Suites Cheyenne 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Salem 10221 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hinkley Lighting 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE EMS Arbors II 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE EB York Assisted Living 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Deer Crest 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tndye - Dyersburg 68 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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