Salt (except table) manufacturing · Indiana

Giles Chemical GDL

Greendale, IN · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Giles Chemical GDL runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Salt (except table) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Giles Chemical GDL: 5.4 TCR = 164% of Salt (except table) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Giles Chemical GDL safety composite

Giles Chemical GDL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Giles Chemical GDL: 2.6 → 8.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2023

Giles Chemical GDL's TCR rose 5.6 from 2.6 in 2022 to 8.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Greendale, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 164% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #10/14
  • PHOTO Brain Power Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brain Power Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Giles Chemical GDL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Giles Chemical GDL averages 5.4 TCR (164% of the Salt (except table) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Giles Chemical GDL TCR series: 2022=2.6 · 2023=8.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Giles Chemical GDL falls in its industry

485 Salt (except table) manufactur establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Salt (except table) manufactur employers in Indiana.

Giles Chemical GDL (38 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Giles Chemical GDL
Giles Chemical GDL (38 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Giles Chemical GDL has fewer employees than the Salt (except table) manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023 8.2 5.5 3 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · IN · Greendale

485 Salt (except table) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 8 employers in Greendale, IN · 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 Brain Power Inc 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PX1 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Andersons Montgomery Plant Nutrient 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORG Chem Group, LLC Hot Springs 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Greenleaf Holdco LLC 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Poultry Services, MPS Egg Farms 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yale Corteva 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marion Svc Ctr Bldg 1 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Greendale Catalent 214 FTE
CITY-NEAR Queen City Candy, LLC 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR Refresco North America 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Polycraft Products Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-TCR Clinton Markets LLC dba ShopRite of CLinton 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR County Market #329 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Port St. Lucie- CF 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dubick Fixture and Supply Inc 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE WH Bagshaw Co., Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shallco Incorporated 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koester Associates, Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sailer's Food Market & Meat Processing Inc 38 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: 2023, 2022. 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.