Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing · Delaware

Colors and Effects USA LLC

Newport, DE · ~157 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Colors and Effects USA LLC runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Colors and Effects USA LLC: 1.0 TCR = 29% of Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colors and Effects USA LLC safety composite

Colors and Effects USA LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

Colors and Effects USA LLC: 0.6 → 1.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2022

Colors and Effects USA LLC's TCR rose 0.7 from 0.6 in 2021 to 1.3 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · Newport, DE AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK P80
  • PHOTO Ineos Pigments, Plan…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~157 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ineos Pigments, Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Delaware employers → · Look up another →

Colors and Effects USA LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colors and Effects USA LLC averages 1.0 TCR (29% of the Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Colors and Effects USA LLC TCR series: 2021=0.6 · 2022=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Colors and Effects USA LLC falls in its industry

75 Acid dyes, synthetic organic, establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Colors and Effects USA LLC (157 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 Colors and Effects USA LLC
Colors and Effects USA LLC (157 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Colors and Effects USA LLC has more employees than the Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufactur 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
2022 1.3 0.7 2 0 0
2021 0.6 0.6 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · DE · Newport

75 Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 11 employers in Newport, DE · 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 Ineos Pigments, Plant 1 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR INEOS Pigments USA Inc. Plant 1 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Archroma U.S. Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cristal USA, Inc. Plant 1 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Noramco 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilmington SNF Operator LLC 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nickle Electrical Companies 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE HandyTube Corporation 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Diamond Materials LLC 353 FTE
CITY-NEAR BASF Colors & Effects - Newport 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Air Liquide Advanced Solutions 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport 111 FTE
NAT-TCR Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling-Port Allen 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tidewater Transit-Kinston 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wichman Construction of Tampa Bay 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hockley 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Food City Store #630 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Food City Store #657 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maplevale Location - Maplevale 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE University Hospital McDuffie 157 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, 2021. 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.