Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing · South Carolina

Lindau Chemicals, Inc.

Columbia, SC · ~52 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lindau Chemicals, Inc. runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Lindau Chemicals, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lindau Chemicals, Inc. safety composite

Lindau Chemicals, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

Lindau Chemicals, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Lindau Chemicals, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.1 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Columbia, SC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #10/21
  • PHOTO Chemorse, Ltd
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chemorse, Ltd (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lindau Chemicals, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lindau Chemicals, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lindau Chemicals, Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=2 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Lindau Chemicals, Inc. falls in its industry

552 Organo-inorganic compound manu establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 21 Organo-inorganic compound manu employers in South Carolina.

Lindau Chemicals, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Lindau Chemicals, Inc.
Lindau Chemicals, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Lindau Chemicals, Inc. has fewer employees than the Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing median and a higher 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2019 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.1 2.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · SC · Columbia

552 Organo-inorganic compound manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 542 employers in Columbia, SC · 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 Chemorse, Ltd 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cornerstone Chemical Company- Fortier 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7121 Shelby Ave 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Twist Bioscience 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Florence Transmission Substation Complex 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Headquarter's Office 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Broad River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE BEC- Goose Creek Facility 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palmetto Health Richland 5,949 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prisma Health Richland 4,729 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Carolina Department of Transportation 4,400 FTE
CITY-NEAR SC Department of Transportation 3,864 FTE
NAT-TCR Redhawk Power Plant 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR WellPro Inc. - Williston 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Lakes Works 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR McCarty Landfill 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Domestic Uniform 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE USB Alabama LLC 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE ECMS Express Inc 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chant Engineering Co Inc. 52 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: 2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.