Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulfate, aluminum potassium sulfate) manufacturing · Maine

GAC Chemical Inc

Name: GAC Chemical Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Searsport, ME · ~77 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

GAC Chemical Inc runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulfate, aluminum potassium sulfate) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

GAC Chemical Inc: 5.5 TCR = 166% of Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulfate, aluminum potassium sulfate) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GAC Chemical Inc safety composite

GAC Chemical Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.4

2016→2020

GAC Chemical Inc injury rate improved

GAC Chemical Inc's TCR fell 3.4 from 6.8 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.8 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Searsport, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 166% of ind

DART 3.4 DART
RANK P11
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BOOK 5y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Current Lighting Ivanhoe Road Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows GAC Chemical Inc averages 5.5 TCR (166% of the Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulfate, aluminum potassium sulfate) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

GAC Chemical Inc TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where GAC Chemical Inc falls in its industry

418 Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

GAC Chemical Inc (77 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

GAC Chemical Inc has more employees than the Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulfate, median and a higher 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
2020	3.4	3.4	1	2
2019	4.3	2.2	3	1
2018	4.8	4.8	4	0
2017	8.1	6.8	6	0
2016	6.8	6.8	5	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · ME · Searsport

418 Alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulfate, aluminum potassium sulfate) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 8 employers in Searsport, ME · 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	Current Lighting Ivanhoe Road Plant	CLEVELAND, OH	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dallas Group of America	JEFFERSONVILLE, IN	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EnerG2	ALBANY, OR	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ESM GROUP INC. - SAXONBURG	SAXONBURG, PA	5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Maine Water	SACO	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Modula Lewiston	LEWISTON	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding	THOMASTON	77 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HG157	BANGOR	77 FTE
CITY-NEAR	General Alum & Chem Corp of New Eng	Searsport	84 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Searsport	Searsport	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Searsport Terminal	Searsport	42 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TTO Searsport	Searsport	38 FTE
NAT-TCR	Purvis Brothers, Inc.	Mars, PA	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	CBO Seekonk	Seekonk, MA	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unity Point Health Trinity Rock Island	Rock Island, IL	5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Phifer Kauloosa	Tuscaloosa, AL	5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Art Moran Buick-Gmc, Inc.	Southfield, MI	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Outpost Natural Foods-Mequon	Mequon, WI	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Union Iron, Inc.	Decatur, IL	77 FTE
NAT-SIZE	J&D's, Inc.	Lewistown, PA	77 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: 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.