Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Ohio

Covestro Newark

Hebron, OH · ~153 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Covestro Newark runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade A.

Covestro Newark: 0.7 TCR = 22% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covestro Newark safety composite

Covestro Newark scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

Covestro Newark: 0.0 → 0.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2024

Covestro Newark's TCR rose 0.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Hebron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #6/44
  • PHOTO Equistar Chemicals, …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Equistar Chemicals, LP - Mansfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Covestro Newark in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Covestro Newark averages 0.7 TCR (22% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

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

Covestro Newark TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Covestro Newark falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 44 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Ohio.

Covestro Newark (153 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Covestro Newark
Covestro Newark (153 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Covestro Newark has more employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m 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 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2023 1.5 0.8 2 0 0
2022 0.7 0.0 0 1 0
2021 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.4 0.7 2 0 0
2019 1.4 0.7 0 2 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · OH · Hebron

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 43 employers in Hebron, OH · 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 Equistar Chemicals, LP - Mansfield 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riken 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chemtrusion-TX, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PolyOne Corporation - Glendale, AZ 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stevens Engineers & Constructors-Cleveland 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE JHI Group / Janotta & Herner 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Adams Robinson Enterprises, Inc. 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boak & Sons, Inc. 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR MPW Industrial Services, Inc. - Hebron 676 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hopewell Harry & David 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harry & David 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR THK Manufacturing of American, INC 456 FTE
NAT-TCR Ludlum Measurements, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Roanoke Rapids 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lennar Raleigh/Durham 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Derby 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Zenger Group EPD 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chattanooga, TN 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Intermountain 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chandler Post Acute 153 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.