Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing · Ohio

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant

Name: Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Akron, OH · ~87 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant safety composite

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−2.8

2017→2019

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant injury rate improved

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant's TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Akron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #12/44
PHOTO Novastar LP
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Novastar LP (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
Novastar LP

1.3
Solvay Lock Ha

1.3
NuSil Technolo

1.3
Proman USA (Pa

1.3

What this shows Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant falls in its industry

552 Natural nonfood coloring, manu establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 44 Natural nonfood coloring, manu employers in Ohio.

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant (87 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Emerald Performance Materials Akron Plant has more employees than the Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0
2018	1.1	1.1	1	0
2017	2.8	0.9	2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · OH · Akron

552 Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 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	Novastar LP	MIDLAND, TX	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Solvay Lock Haven	LOCK HAVEN, PA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NuSil Technology, Carpinteria	CARPINTERIA, CA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Proman USA (Pampa) LLC	PAMPA, TX	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GEM Industrial Inc. - BP Oil, Oregon Refinery	OREGON	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tri-Mor Corporation	TWINSBURG	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cincinnati Manufacturing	WEST CHESTER	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US161: Cincinnati 514 - SG	WEST CHESTER	87 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron	Akron	6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Akron Children's Hospital	Akron	6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summa Health - Akron City	Akron	4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Akron General Medical Center	Akron	4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR	Admiral Beverage Corp	Worland, WY	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lebanon Regional Distribution Center	Lebanon, IN	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	51AA	Oklahoma City, OK	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nucor Steel-Indiana	Crawfordsville, IN	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	2073-SW-20730091-CS	Gypsum, CO	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Maine Fair Trade	Prospect Harbor, ME	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Grace Community Services	Rochester, NY	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TNI - Laredo, TX	Laredo, TX	87 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.