Vegetable starches manufacturing · Maryland

DSM-Firmenich

Name: DSM-Firmenich Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Columbia, MD · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DSM-Firmenich runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Vegetable starches manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

DSM-Firmenich: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Vegetable starches manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DSM-Firmenich safety composite

DSM-Firmenich scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

DSM-Firmenich held a steady TCR band

DSM-Firmenich's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.0 TCR.

2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311221 · Columbia, MD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P100
PHOTO Westchester Location…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Westchester Location (Corporate Office) (0.1 TCR gap)

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Primient - Laf

0.6
Westchester Lo

0.1
Tulsa Facility

0.1
Roquette Ameri

0.1
This site

0

What this shows DSM-Firmenich averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Vegetable starches manufacturing BLS benchmark).

DSM-Firmenich TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where DSM-Firmenich falls in its industry

53 Vegetable starches manufacturi establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

DSM-Firmenich (65 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 205 employees and a TCR of 1.7

DSM-Firmenich has fewer employees than the Vegetable starches manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311221 · MD · Columbia

53 Vegetable starches manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 179 employers in Columbia, MD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Westchester Location (Corporate Office)	WESTCHESTER, IL	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tulsa Facility	TULSA, OK	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Roquette America - Geneva	GENEVA, IL	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Primient - Lafayette Plant	LAFAYETTE, IN	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Dan Ryan Builders	ROCKVILLE	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	104893 - WMATA Station Platforms Rehab Contract 4	HYATTSVILLE	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Continental Contractors Inc	ANNAPOLIS	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dustin Construction, Inc.	IJAMSVILLE	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Howard County General Hospital	Columbia	1,952 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate HQ	Columbia	712 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc	Columbia	621 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring Inc - Columbia	Columbia	586 FTE
NAT-TCR	Other Location	Roanoke, VA	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Putzel Electrical Contractors, Inc.	Norcross, GA	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gaapr - Ups Supply Chain Solutions	Alpharetta, GA	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	TXC101551	Irving, TX	0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Stuart C. Gildred Family YMCA	Santa Ynez, CA	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rochester East Health Services	Rochester, MN	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Oetiker Batavia	Batavia, NY	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rich Products Gallatin	Gallatin, TN	65 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.

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