Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing · South Carolina

Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site

North Charleston, SC · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site: 6.5 TCR = 198% of Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site safety composite

Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−2.3

2023→2024

Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site injury rate improved

Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site's TCR fell 2.3 from 7.7 in 2023 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=7.7 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · North Charleston, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 198% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO Sun Chemical Color M…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Chemical Color Materials (0.1 TCR gap)

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Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site averages 6.5 TCR (198% 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 & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site TCR series: 2023=7.7 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site falls in its industry

75 Acid dyes, synthetic organic, establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Acid dyes, synthetic organic, employers in South Carolina.

Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site (40 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site
Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site (40 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Colors & Effects USA LLC - North Charleston Site has fewer employees than the Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufactur 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 5.3 2.7 2 0 0
2023 7.7 7.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · SC · North Charleston

75 Acid dyes, synthetic organic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 256 employers in North Charleston, SC · 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 Color Materials 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heubach LTD 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solomon Colors, Inc Rialto 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chickering 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Log Creek Thinning Inc 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Region Complex (Florence) 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE CEC Main Location 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sands Building Group 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston County 2,601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Goodwill Services 1,105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trident Medical Center 1,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR SRC Charleston ISS Division 815 FTE
NAT-TCR 5742 - Naperville 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 5820 - White Marsh 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy House of South Jordan 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - HOU7 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Motorwerks MINI 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bear Insulation, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE 104614 - MECT - VMR South Central LRT 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bushmills Ethanol, Inc. 40 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.