Maleic anhydride manufacturing · West Virginia

Ashland LLC

Kenova, WV · ~46 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ashland LLC runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Maleic anhydride manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ashland LLC: 1.4 TCR = 41% of Maleic anhydride manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashland LLC safety composite

Ashland LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.5

2016→2019

Ashland LLC injury rate improved

Ashland LLC's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.5 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325194 · Kenova, WV AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO Kraton Panama City
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kraton Panama City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ashland LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ashland LLC averages 1.4 TCR (41% of the Maleic anhydride manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ashland LLC TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=4 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ashland LLC falls in its industry

58 Maleic anhydride manufacturing establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Maleic anhydride manufacturing employers in West Virginia.

Ashland LLC (46 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ashland LLC
Ashland LLC (46 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Ashland LLC has fewer employees than the Maleic anhydride 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2016 1.5 1.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325194 · WV · Kenova

58 Maleic anhydride manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 10 employers in Kenova, WV · 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 Kraton Panama City 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parsons 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beaumont Aniline 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SI Group Freeport Site 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE TKS Contracting, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE OKUNO International, Inc 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE State Electric Supply Company - Clarksburg 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nitro 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Braskem Neal Facility 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kenova Terminal 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hatzel & Buehler Inc. - West Virginia 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR AOC Materials WV 45 FTE
NAT-TCR Garden City Lw 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kale Trucking Inc. 786 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Faultless Starch / Bon Ami Company 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR A&S LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2253-H4204 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Indy Ivex Specialty Paper 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE NDX Kiess Kraft 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE SAB Specialties 46 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.