Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing · Ohio

HEXPOL Compounding LLC

Burton, OH · ~243 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HEXPOL Compounding LLC runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

HEXPOL Compounding LLC: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HEXPOL Compounding LLC safety composite

HEXPOL Compounding LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

HEXPOL Compounding LLC: 1.6 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2021

HEXPOL Compounding LLC's TCR rose 2.5 from 1.6 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325212 · Burton, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #10/13
  • PHOTO Hutchinson Body Seal…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~243 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hutchinson Body Sealing North America (0.0 TCR gap)

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HEXPOL Compounding LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HEXPOL Compounding LLC averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

HEXPOL Compounding LLC TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=3 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=4 · BLS 3.3

Where HEXPOL Compounding LLC falls in its industry

90 Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcan establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcan employers in Ohio.

HEXPOL Compounding LLC (243 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate HEXPOL Compounding LLC
HEXPOL Compounding LLC (243 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8

HEXPOL Compounding LLC has more employees than the Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable ela 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
2021 4.0 2.0 5 5 0
2020 2.9 2.9 6 1 0
2019 2.1 0.7 3 3 0
2018 4.6 0.7 3 10 0
2017 3.0 0.4 3 5 0
2016 1.6 0.0 1 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325212 · OH · Burton

90 Synthetic rubber (i.e., vulcanizable elastomers) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 10 employers in Burton, OH · 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 Hutchinson Body Sealing North America 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Associates, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zeon Chemicals, Hattiesburg Plant 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bryant Rubber Corporation 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kwest Group, LLC. 243 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalmbach Feeds, Inc. 243 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nickles-Lima Plant 243 FTE
STATE-SIZE VWR International - Solon 243 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hexpol Compounding LLC - Burton, OH 221 FTE
CITY-NEAR BFG Supply Co-Burton 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burton Health Care Center 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Impullitti Landscaping LLC 81 FTE
NAT-TCR Pinova, Inc Brunswick 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR A. C. Dellovade INC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sowega Cotton Hartford 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Chemical & Textiles 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Conquest Completion Services LLC 243 FTE
NAT-SIZE RPG Shakopee 243 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1100 Technology Park Drive 243 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZWIL 243 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.