Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Michigan
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion
Albion, MI · ~84 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade A.
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion safety composite
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% 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
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2024
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2021 to 1.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325991 · Albion, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 12% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #1/20
- PHOTO Washington Penn Plas…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc. - LaFayette Division (0.0 TCR gap)
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Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion
0.4 TCR
- Washington Pen
Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc. - LaFayette Division
0.4 TCR
- General Polyme
General Polymer Services, LLC
0.4 TCR
- Ticona Polymer
Ticona Polymers, Inc.
0.4 TCR
- PolyOne
PolyOne
0.4 TCR
What this shows Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion TCR series: 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion falls in its industry
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishmentsSafer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 20 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Michigan.
Avient Colorants USA, LLC - Albion has more employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325991 · MI · Albion
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 21 employers in Albion, MI · 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 | Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc. - LaFayette Division | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Polymer Services, LLC | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ticona Polymers, Inc. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PolyOne | 0.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Parnall East | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Howell Service Center | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Utilities Instrumentation Service | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harvest Energy Solutions | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Knauf Insulation Plant 11 | 167 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CASTER CONCEPTS INC. | 116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Albion Baldwin Hall | 100 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Clariant Plastics & Coatings USA Inc. (Albion facility) | 98 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New Ulm High School | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Xpert Design & Construction | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oberlander Electric Co | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ravago Plainfield Distribution | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rahco Rubber Inc | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Suscon Inc | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hotel Zaza Austin Downtown | 84 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.