Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweeteners blended with other ingredients) made in synthetic sweetener establishments · Texas
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park
Deer Park, TX · ~67 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweeteners blended with other ingredients) made in synthetic sweetener establishments workplace, earning a grade A.
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park: 1.2 TCR = 36% of Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweeteners blended with other ingredients) made in synthetic sweetener establishments BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park safety composite
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% 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
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park: 1.3 → 1.7 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.45× in 2024
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park's TCR rose 0.4 from 1.3 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325199 · Deer Park, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #73/103
- PHOTO VanDeMark
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~67 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: VanDeMark (0.0 TCR gap)
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GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park
1.2 TCR
- VanDeMark
VanDeMark
1.2 TCR
- REG Seneca,LLC
REG Seneca,LLC
1.2 TCR
- Purafil Inc
Purafil Inc
1.2 TCR
- Arkema Inc. Bl
Arkema Inc. Blooming Prairie Plant
1.2 TCR
What this shows GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park averages 1.2 TCR (36% of the Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweeteners blended with other ingredients) made in synthetic sweetener establishments BLS benchmark).
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3
Where GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park falls in its industry
552 Sugar substitutes (i.e., synth establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #73 safest of 103 Sugar substitutes (i.e., synth employers in Texas.
GEO Specialty Chemicals - Deer Park has fewer employees than the Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweet 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325199 · TX · Deer Park
552 Sugar substitutes (i.e., synthetic sweeteners blended with other ingredients) made in synthetic sweetener establishments employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 174 employers in Deer Park, TX · 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 | VanDeMark | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | REG Seneca,LLC | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Purafil Inc | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Arkema Inc. Blooming Prairie Plant | 1.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Complex 2 | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Post Recycling | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PT ARTH SABINE | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tolar - Northern District | 67 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Universal Plant Service, Inc. | 3,297 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Universal Plant Services, LLC | 2,807 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bilfinger Inc | 1,414 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dashiell/Dacon Corporation | 1,118 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Granite Construction Company - Illinois Region | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Katoen Natie Norfolk | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Justus Office Building | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Lynchburg Public Works Department Engineering/Traffic Signals and Signs Division | 1.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ndx, LLC | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Innovative Carbide | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Paramount Drywall, Inc | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chalfont | 67 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.