Silicone rubber manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Guy Chemical Company, LLC
Somerset, PA · ~187 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Guy Chemical Company, LLC runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Silicone rubber manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Guy Chemical Company, LLC: 6.6 TCR = 200% of Silicone rubber manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Guy Chemical Company, LLC safety composite
Guy Chemical Company, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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
Guy Chemical Company, LLC: 5.6 → 8.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 9.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2024
Guy Chemical Company, LLC's TCR rose 2.9 from 5.6 in 2021 to 8.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325212 · Somerset, PA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 200% of ind
- DART 5.5 DART
- RANK #7/8
- PHOTO Polytek - Pomona
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~187 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Polytek - Pomona (0.1 TCR gap)
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Guy Chemical Company, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Burke Industri
Burke Industries (San Jose, CA)
7 TCR
- C&M Rubber Com
C&M Rubber Company
6.9 TCR
- Polytek - Pomo
Polytek - Pomona
6.8 TCR
- This site
Guy Chemical Company, LLC
6.6 TCR
- Zeon Chemicals
Zeon Chemicals LP - KY Plant
6.2 TCR
What this shows Guy Chemical Company, LLC averages 6.6 TCR (200% of the Silicone rubber manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Guy Chemical Company, LLC TCR series: 2021=5.6 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Guy Chemical Company, LLC falls in its industry
90 Silicone rubber manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Silicone rubber manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania.
Guy Chemical Company, LLC has more employees than the Silicone rubber manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325212 · PA · Somerset
90 Silicone rubber manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 53 employers in Somerset, PA · 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 | Polytek - Pomona | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C&M Rubber Company | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Burke Industries (San Jose, CA) | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Zeon Chemicals LP - KY Plant | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WR Grace - FCMS Tyrone Site | 187 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dormont Manufacturing Company | 187 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alleima USA LLC - Scranton | 187 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tate Access Floors | 187 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UPMC Somerset | 664 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Somerset Hospital | 617 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wheeler Fleet Solutions - Somerset | 338 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6795-86022B0199 | 332 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 8010120 Johnsonville Sausage Sheboygan Falls | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southwest Glass & Glazing, Inc. | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Naperville Fire Department | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Eden | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | South | 187 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | P AND J, LLC dba JUMBO FOODS | 187 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ox Bodies | 187 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Production Services of Maine, LLC | 187 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.