Disperse dyes manufacturing · New Jersey

Cardinal Color Paterson

Name: Cardinal Color Paterson Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Paterson, NJ · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cardinal Color Paterson runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Disperse dyes manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Cardinal Color Paterson: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Disperse dyes manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Color Paterson safety composite

Cardinal Color Paterson scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−7.5

2016→2019

Cardinal Color Paterson injury rate improved

Cardinal Color Paterson's TCR fell 7.5 from 7.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · Paterson, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/4
PHOTO Abbey Color Incorpor…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Abbey Color Incorporated (0.0 TCR gap)

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WPC Technologi

2.6
This site

2.5
Abbey Color In

2.5
INEOS Pigments

2.5
Venator Materi

2.5

What this shows Cardinal Color Paterson averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Disperse dyes manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Cardinal Color Paterson TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Cardinal Color Paterson falls in its industry

75 Disperse dyes manufacturing establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Disperse dyes manufacturing employers in New Jersey.

Cardinal Color Paterson (23 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cardinal Color Paterson has fewer employees than the Disperse dyes 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2016	7.5	7.5	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · NJ · Paterson

75 Disperse dyes manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 76 employers in Paterson, NJ · 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	Abbey Color Incorporated	PHILADELPHIA, PA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WPC Technologies	OAK CREEK, WI	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	INEOS Pigments USA Inc. Plant 2	ASHTABULA, OH	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Venator Materials Corporation, LLC	EASTON, PA	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NAES : Newark Energy Center	NEWARK	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newark Energy Center	NEWARK	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coli Construction, Inc.	MAHWAH	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Skyline Solar Hamilton, NJ Office	HAMILTON	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6164-PATERSON	Paterson	4,413 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph's Health & Med Center	Paterson	4,220 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Preakness Healthcare Center	Paterson	421 FTE
CITY-NEAR	J&K Ingredients LLC	Paterson	323 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cardinal CG - Waxahachie CG	Waxahachie, TX	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0025 4160	Lovelock, NV	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Clover Ridge Elementary School	Albany, OR	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0005 1466	Colorado Springs, CO	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hanson Cold Storage Co. - Corporate Office	St. Joseph, MI	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	EI041 - Soudan Underground Mine State Park	Soudan, MN	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	053595-Hbc-Beach Center Sta	Huntington Beach, CA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Torrance Rlc	Torrance, CA	23 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.