Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing · Iowa

Colorbiotics

Ames, IA · ~54 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Colorbiotics runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Colorbiotics: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colorbiotics safety composite

Colorbiotics scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−1.4

2020→2024

Colorbiotics injury rate improved

Colorbiotics's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.9 in 2020 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · Ames, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P76
  • PHOTO Sun Chemical - Amelia
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Chemical - Amelia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Colorbiotics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colorbiotics averages 1.1 TCR (34% of the Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Colorbiotics TCR series: 2020=2.9 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Colorbiotics falls in its industry

75 Dyes, synthetic organic, manuf establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Colorbiotics (54 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Colorbiotics
Colorbiotics (54 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Colorbiotics has fewer employees than the Dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing 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 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · IA · Ames

75 Dyes, synthetic organic, 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 Sun Chemical - Amelia 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pigment Services Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR DCL Corporation (BP), LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ineos Pigments, Plant 1 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Daybreak Foods Inc. - Graettinger 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fort Dodge Service Center 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie Creek Plant 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bettendorf Service Center 54 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 Strack, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Edgen Murray Corporation 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pipe Strong, LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hyatt Centric The Woodlands 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Daart Engineering Co Inc 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wagman Construction Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adventist HealthCare Germantown Emergency Center 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Redman Equipment & Manufacturing Company 54 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020. 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.