Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Massachusetts
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden
Holden, MA · ~84 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden runs at 23% 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 - Holden: 0.8 TCR = 23% 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 - Holden safety composite
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).
63/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% 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%).
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden held a steady TCR band
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.0 in 2022 to 1.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=1.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325991 · Holden, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 23% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #1/10
- PHOTO Avient Corporation
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Avient Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden
0.8 TCR
- Avient Corpora
Avient Corporation
0.8 TCR
- Teknor Color C
Teknor Color Company - Kentucky
0.8 TCR
- Laird
Laird
0.8 TCR
- Chemtrusion-TX
Chemtrusion-TX, Inc.
0.8 TCR
What this shows Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden averages 0.8 TCR (23% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden TCR series: 2022=1 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden falls in its industry
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 10 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Massachusetts.
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden 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 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325991 · MA · Holden
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 13 employers in Holden, MA · 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 | Avient Corporation | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Teknor Color Company - Kentucky | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Laird | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chemtrusion-TX, Inc. | 0.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mystic | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Windover Construction | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HWE Stoughton Insulation | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | James W. Flett Co., Inc | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Holden Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center | 212 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Y Foods, Inc. Holden | 135 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Worcester, Inc. | 113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Holden MB | 102 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Otis Elevator Company-Sarasota | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HB Trenchless | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Metal Exchange LLC | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DuPont Cooper River | 0.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Fleet Feet Incorporated, LLC | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brisbane Pec | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bbs - Schenectady | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Otis Elevator Company-VA Service | 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.