Epoxy adhesives manufacturing · Michigan

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products

Hillsdale, MI · ~86 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Epoxy adhesives manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products: 1.0 TCR = 29% of Epoxy adhesives manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products safety composite

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−1.6

2019→2024

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products injury rate improved

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.7 in 2019 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Hillsdale, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/24
  • PHOTO Chemical Division
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chemical Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products averages 1.0 TCR (29% of the Epoxy adhesives manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products TCR series: 2019=2.7 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products falls in its industry

287 Epoxy adhesives manufacturing establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 24 Epoxy adhesives manufacturing employers in Michigan.

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products (86 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products
DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products (86 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

DDP Specialty Electronic Materials / Essex Specialty Products has more employees than the Epoxy adhesives manufacturing median and a lower 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
2024 1.1 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · MI · Hillsdale

287 Epoxy adhesives manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 18 employers in Hillsdale, MI · 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 Chemical Division 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frankfort - Corsair 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bostik Temecula 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASC - Seattle 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rite-Way Plumbing & Heating Inc 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Mechanical 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nationwide Construction Group 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wendricks Truss Inc 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hillsdale Hospital 431 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hillsdale 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00681 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4073 Hillsdale College 102 FTE
NAT-TCR Lawson-Fisher Associates P.C. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gables Engineering, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Maricopa County - Education Service (370) 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brunson Cave 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Peninsula Light Company 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE MAT Heavy Duty, LLC - Rome, GA 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenfield Cabinetry, LLC 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Krier Foods LLC 86 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.