Dispersions, pigment, manufacturing · Iowa

BASF Colorbiotics

Ames, IA · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BASF Colorbiotics runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dispersions, pigment, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

BASF Colorbiotics: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Dispersions, pigment, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BASF Colorbiotics safety composite

BASF Colorbiotics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

BASF Colorbiotics: 1.9 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.51× in 2018

BASF Colorbiotics's TCR rose 4.1 from 1.9 in 2017 to 6.0 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK P29
  • PHOTO Middleton
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Middleton (0.0 TCR gap)

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BASF Colorbiotics in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows BASF Colorbiotics averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Dispersions, pigment, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

BASF Colorbiotics TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2018=6 · BLS 3.3

Where BASF Colorbiotics falls in its industry

530 Dispersions, pigment, manufact establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
BASF Colorbiotics (40 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BASF Colorbiotics
BASF Colorbiotics (40 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

BASF Colorbiotics has fewer employees than the Dispersions, pigment, manufacturing 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
2018 6.0 2.0 3 0 0
2017 1.9 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · IA · Ames

530 Dispersions, pigment, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 170 employers in Ames, IA · 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 Middleton 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR W.R. Meadows of Texas 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Polymer Technology - Harmony 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red Spot Paint & Varnish 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hill Farm 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids Cogen 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Access Energy Cooperative 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - University Wide 13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - On Campus 12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital 1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR Hyatt Place Chicago Schaumburg 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Portsmouth (Ohpor) 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Owens-Illinois Glass Portland N21 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lordstown Seating Systems 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ryerson- Columbus 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associated Grain Terminals, LLC 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE D&S Hoist and Crane 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE PT610 - Pleasantville NJ Core 40 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.