Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers · Kentucky

Avantor Performance Materials

Name: Avantor Performance Materials Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Paris, KY · ~194 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Avantor Performance Materials runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Avantor Performance Materials: 3.1 TCR = 140% of Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Avantor Performance Materials safety composite

Avantor Performance Materials scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Avantor Performance Materials: 2.1 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2020

Avantor Performance Materials's TCR rose 2.0 from 2.1 in 2017 to 4.1 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Paris, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 140% of ind

DART 3.6 DART
RANK #9/13
PHOTO Supelco
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~194 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Supelco (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.1
Supelco

3.1
LG&E Hahnville

3.1
WSU - Camby

3.1
New Life Chemi

3.1

What this shows Avantor Performance Materials averages 3.1 TCR (140% of the Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Avantor Performance Materials TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2020=4.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Avantor Performance Materials falls in its industry

766 Inorganic chemicals merchant w establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 13 Inorganic chemicals merchant w employers in Kentucky.

Avantor Performance Materials (194 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Avantor Performance Materials has more employees than the Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers 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
2020	4.1	3.6	8	0	0
2017	2.1	2.1	4	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · KY · Paris

766 Inorganic chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 31 employers in Paris, KY · 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	Supelco	BELLEFONTE, PA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LG&E Hahnville, LA	HAHNVILLE, LA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WSU - Camby	CAMBY, IN	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	New Life Chemical	GREENVILLE, SC	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	American HOWA Kentucky	BOWLING GREEN	194 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2807-2245	LOUISVILLE	194 FTE
STATE-SIZE	024-00339	LOUISVILLE	194 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wayne County Hospital	MONTICELLO	194 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Central Motor Wheel of America	Paris	711 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Central Motor Wheel of America dba CMWA	Paris	556 FTE
CITY-NEAR	493	Paris	278 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 493	Paris	276 FTE
NAT-TCR	Avalon Precision Casting Company, LLC	Cleveland, OH	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	35-La Ceiba	San Juan, PR	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Secondary High School	Virginia, MN	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bedford Care Center-Monroe Hall, LLC	Hattiesburg, MS	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Plant # 2	Newton, NC	194 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Baker Georgia	Garden City, GA	194 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sanders Wood Products	Molalla, OR	194 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pacific Star Seafoods	Kenai, AK	194 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, 2017. 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.