Carbon black manufacturing · Texas
Continental Carbon Company Sunray
Sunray, TX · ~78 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Continental Carbon Company Sunray runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Carbon black manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Continental Carbon Company Sunray: 1.9 TCR = 57% of Carbon black manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Continental Carbon Company Sunray safety composite
Continental Carbon Company Sunray scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 1.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Continental Carbon Company Sunray: 1.3 → 3.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2024
Continental Carbon Company Sunray's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.3 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325180 · Sunray, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 57% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #36/47
- PHOTO Chemtrade Solutions …
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~78 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Chemtrade Solutions LLC AUG (0.0 TCR gap)
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Continental Carbon Company Sunray in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Continental Carbon Company Sunray
1.9 TCR
- Chemtrade Solu
Chemtrade Solutions LLC AUG
1.9 TCR
- Old Fort Plant
Old Fort Plant
1.9 TCR
- Facility 1
Facility 1
1.9 TCR
- Johnson Matthe
Johnson Matthey Process Technologies Savannah
1.9 TCR
What this shows Continental Carbon Company Sunray averages 1.9 TCR (57% of the Carbon black manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Continental Carbon Company Sunray TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=3 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Continental Carbon Company Sunray falls in its industry
418 Carbon black manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 47 Carbon black manufacturing employers in Texas.
Continental Carbon Company Sunray has more employees than the Carbon black manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325180 · TX · Sunray
418 Carbon black manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 12 employers in Sunray, TX · 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 | Chemtrade Solutions LLC AUG | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Old Fort Plant | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Facility 1 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Johnson Matthey Process Technologies Savannah | 1.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Americot, Inc | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aim Directional Services, LLC | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ironclad | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RWE Renewables Services LLC-Roscoe | 78 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valero McKee | 435 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Continental Carbon Company- Sunray Plant | 80 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Crownover Farms dba Lone Star Family Farms | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sunray Plant | 74 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Westwood Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery Group | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arbor Industries, Inc | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Jetway Corp | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gold Coast Hotel Casino | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Seattle Shellfish | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SPI Pharma | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Simoniz USA, Inc. - Rocky Hill | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Windsor Monterey Care Center | 78 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.