Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing · Colorado

Chae Manufacturing

Walsenburg, CO · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chae Manufacturing runs at 338% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Chae Manufacturing: 11.2 TCR = 338% of Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chae Manufacturing safety composite

Chae Manufacturing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Chae Manufacturing: 4.9 → 17.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 17.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2019

Chae Manufacturing's TCR rose 12.6 from 4.9 in 2018 to 17.4 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325620 · Walsenburg, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 338% of ind

  • DART 14.5 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Brickell Brands, LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brickell Brands, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chae Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chae Manufacturing averages 11.2 TCR (338% of the Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chae Manufacturing TCR series: 2018=4.9 · 2019=17.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Chae Manufacturing falls in its industry

260 Cosmetic creams, lotions, and establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Cosmetic creams, lotions, and employers in Colorado.

Chae Manufacturing (38 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chae Manufacturing
Chae Manufacturing (38 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Chae Manufacturing has fewer employees than the Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manuf median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2019 17.4 14.5 6 0 0
2018 4.9 4.9 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325620 · CO · Walsenburg

260 Cosmetic creams, lotions, and oils manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 5 employers in Walsenburg, CO · 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 Brickell Brands, LLC 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mane USA 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Contract Filling Inc 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evergreen Innovations, LLC 11.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE COLORADO PRODUCTION FARMING 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nathan Naill, LLC 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan County Rural Electric Association 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thrive Home Builders Corporate Office 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-03727 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0005-0005-03727 FAC-03727-WALSENBURG-CO 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6400-SWY 0005 3727 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR San Isabel Electric Association- Bear Creek 17 FTE
NAT-TCR Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pediatric Dentistry & Family Orthodontics 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Palm Harbor (Flcle) 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Gaylord (Migay) 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Silktown Roofing, Inc.-North/S.Grafton MA 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Birmingham - 3645 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Long Island - 270 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cedarhurst of Jacksonville 38 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. 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.