Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Maine
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston
Lewiston, ME · ~43 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade C.
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston: 2.9 TCR = 89% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston safety composite
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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
−0.5
2021→2024
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston injury rate improved
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.8 in 2021 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=2.8 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325991 · Lewiston, ME AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 89% of ind
- DART 2.3 DART
- RANK P41
- PHOTO GSDI Specialty Dispe…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~43 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Poplar
Poplar
3 TCR
- Avient Minneap
Avient Minneapolis
3 TCR
- This site
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston
2.9 TCR
- GSDI Specialty
GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc.
2.9 TCR
- Plastics Color
Plastics Color Corporation of IL
2.9 TCR
What this shows Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston averages 2.9 TCR (89% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston TCR series: 2021=2.8 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston falls in its industry
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a higher 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 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325991 · ME · Lewiston
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 99 employers in Lewiston, ME · 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 | GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Poplar | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Avient Minneapolis | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plastics Color Corporation of IL | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CMP - Fairfield Service Building | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dunbar & Brawn Construction | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CARMEL ELECTRIC | 43 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maine Fire Protection Systems | 43 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St Mary's Regional Medical Center | 1,287 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Central Maine Medical Center | 1,117 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 7014 | 661 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 7014 | 606 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Southern Bleacher Company Inc | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Builders Installed Products New Hampshire | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | colormasters- DC | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Sandy Distribution (50) | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Carlisle Fluid Technologies in Blaine, MN | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PAL Wenatchee LLC | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Country Value Woodworks | 43 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Howard Lake Middle School | 43 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.