Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Ohio

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc.

Name: GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Massillon, OH · ~69 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade C.

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 89% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. safety composite

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−1.6

2016→2018

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. injury rate improved

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 3.0 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Massillon, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 89% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #32/44
PHOTO Avient Colorants USA…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston (0.0 TCR gap)

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Poplar

3
Avient Minneap

3
This site

2.9
Avient Coloran

2.9
Plastics Color

2.9

What this shows GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (89% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 44 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Ohio.

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. (69 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

GSDI Specialty Dispersions Inc. has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m 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
2018	1.4	0.0	1
2017	4.4	3.0	3
2016	3.0	1.5	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · OH · Massillon

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 110 employers in Massillon, 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	Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston	LEWISTON, ME	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Poplar	NORTH AURORA, IL	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Avient Minneapolis	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plastics Color Corporation of IL	CALUMET CITY, IL	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Trillium Farms Main Office	CROTON	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cambridge Ohio	CAMBRIDGE	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Canton South Svc Ctr	CANTON	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Shelly Company - Northeast Division - HMA	TWINSBURG	69 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fresh Mark Massillon	Massillon	716 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Midwest Health Services, Inc.	Massillon	702 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kendall House Incorporated	Massillon	586 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sterilite Corporation OHO	Massillon	546 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ennis - North	Ennis, TX	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	southwest impreglon, inc	Humble, TX	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Enterprise Holdings Admin Office	Austin, TX	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Senior Health-Treasure Isle, LLC	North Bay Village, FL	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Matthews Specialty Vehicles	Greensboro, NC	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Merced RTS	Merced, CA	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vern Eide Ford	Mitchell, SD	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Concrete Products - Valley, Nebraska	Valley, NE	69 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: 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.