Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc
Mertztown, PA · ~33 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc: 3.5 TCR = 106% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc safety composite
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc: 2.3 → 5.6 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.6× in 2024
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc's TCR rose 3.4 from 2.3 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325520 · Mertztown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 106% of ind
- DART 5.6 DART
- RANK #4/8
- PHOTO Tremco - Mameco
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~33 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Tremco - Mameco (0.0 TCR gap)
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Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc
3.5 TCR
- Tremco - Mamec
Tremco - Mameco
3.5 TCR
- Sika Corporati
Sika Corporation 875 Valley Brook Ave
3.5 TCR
- Black Swan Man
Black Swan Manufacturing Company
3.4 TCR
- Bradley Adhesi
Bradley Adhesive Applications Inc.
3.4 TCR
What this shows Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc averages 3.5 TCR (106% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=3 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc falls in its industry
287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Pennsylvania.
Atlas Minerals & Chemicals Inc has fewer employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325520 · PA · Mertztown
287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 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 | Tremco - Mameco | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sika Corporation 875 Valley Brook Ave | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Black Swan Manufacturing Company | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bradley Adhesive Applications Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Caputo & Guest | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Colver Power Project | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oil City | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Norristown Operations | 33 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Brandywine Heights Terminal | 34 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CenterPoint Energy - Muncie | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Redner's Warehouse Market Dover | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1039 - BELFOR Hayward CA | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GUAYNABO | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Noble REMC | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2950 Executive Blvd | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lee Building Products (Murfreesboro) | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Expanded Technologies Corp | 33 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.