Starch glues manufacturing · Indiana

Colorimetric

Mishawaka, IN · ~44 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Colorimetric runs at 287% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Starch glues manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Colorimetric: 9.5 TCR = 287% of Starch glues manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colorimetric safety composite

Colorimetric scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−2.6

2017→2022

Colorimetric injury rate improved

Colorimetric's TCR fell 2.6 from 8.8 in 2017 to 6.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.8 · 2018=14.8 · 2020=8.2 · 2022=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Mishawaka, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 287% of ind

  • DART 6.1 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO Tailored Chemical Pr…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 3 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Colorimetric in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colorimetric averages 9.5 TCR (287% of the Starch glues manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Colorimetric TCR series: 2017=8.8 · 2018=14.8 · 2020=8.2 · 2022=6.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Colorimetric falls in its industry

287 Starch glues manufacturing establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Starch glues manufacturing employers in Indiana.

Colorimetric (44 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Colorimetric
Colorimetric (44 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Colorimetric has fewer employees than the Starch glues manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2022 6.1 6.1 1 1 0
2020 8.2 2.7 3 0 0
2018 14.8 11.1 8 0 0
2017 8.8 3.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · IN · Mishawaka

287 Starch glues manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 185 employers in Mishawaka, IN · 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 Tailored Chemical Products, Inc. - Plant 3 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR QEP Co., Inc. - Tolleson 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Springfield Industries, LLC 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Concrete Sealants Inc. 9.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2307-Whitestown, IN (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE RushShelby Energy 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE OCM Engineering, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Power Inc-IN-Rolling Prairie 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Mishawaka 1,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR AM General, LLC 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR LCI - 039 392 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2678 381 FTE
NAT-TCR 056780-San Fernando Ca Po 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 287950-Troy Mo Po 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 257650-Portage Po 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 015639-Mgy-Shakespeare Sta 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brown trucking Company Lexington, SC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Birnhak Transitional Care at Lankenau Medical Center 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Michels Fleet- Neenah 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE HDS-St. Louis MB 44 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: 2022, 2020, 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.