Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing · New Jersey

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ

Name: Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fords, NJ · ~78 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ safety composite

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 1.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.91× in 2019

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Fords, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #5/16
PHOTO Tower
BOOK 4y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tower (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ falls in its industry

552 Natural nonfood coloring, manu establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 16 Natural nonfood coloring, manu employers in New Jersey.

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ (78 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Lanxess Solutions US, Inc. - Fords, NJ has more employees than the Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing 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
2019	1.1	1.1	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	1.2	0.0	1
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · NJ · Fords

552 Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 9 employers in Fords, NJ · 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	Tower	EASTON, PA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kemira Chemicals, Inc. Columbus Plant	COLUMBUS, GA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Clear Lake	PASADENA, TX	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kemira Chemicals - Marietta Plant	MARIETTA, GA	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	NA-US-NJ-Egg Harbor Township-W Parkway Drive	EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Telecable Inc	SOUTH PLAINFIELD	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Applied Landscape Technologies	MONTVILLE	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bonland Industries Inc	LAKEWOOD	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Zack Painting Co., Inc.	Fords	94 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lanxess Corporation - Fords, NJ	Fords	73 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Magnolia Logistics, Inc.	Fords	64 FTE
CITY-NEAR	H & H Transportation, Inc.	Fords	32 FTE
NAT-TCR	Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope	Perrysburg, OH	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	El Paso Gridley CUSD #11	El Paso, IL	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	QualiTau, Inc,	Mountain View, CA	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tucson Electric Power (Shared Services)	Tucson, AZ	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Indianapolis - Instruments & Implants	Indiapolis, IN	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Academy Square	Hollywood, CA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Clegg's Pest Control - Durham	Durham, NC	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Taylored Services, LLC	Ontario, CA	78 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: 2019, 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.