Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing · Pennsylvania

Lonza Inc

Williamsport, PA · ~142 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lonza Inc runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Lonza Inc: 1.8 TCR = 53% of Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lonza Inc safety composite

Lonza Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−2.0

2016→2020

Lonza Inc injury rate improved

Lonza Inc's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Williamsport, PA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 53% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/34
  • PHOTO Future Fuel Chemical…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Future Fuel Chemical Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lonza Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lonza Inc averages 1.8 TCR (53% of the Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lonza Inc TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Lonza Inc falls in its industry

552 Natural nonfood coloring, manu establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 34 Natural nonfood coloring, manu employers in Pennsylvania.

Lonza Inc (142 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Lonza Inc
Lonza Inc (142 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Lonza Inc has more employees than the Natural nonfood coloring, 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.2 0.0 2 0 0
2018 2.5 1.0 4 1 0
2017 3.1 2.0 6 0 0
2016 2.0 1.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · PA · Williamsport

552 Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 132 employers in Williamsport, 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 Future Fuel Chemical Company 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Petrolia Plant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISP Freetown Fine Chemicals Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Initiators, Inc. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brunner Island 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kay Builders 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franjo Construction 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smucker Company 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Williamsport Hospital 2,433 FTE
CITY-NEAR Susquehanna Physician Services 1,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lycoming Engines 480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Systems - Lycoming Engines 477 FTE
NAT-TCR Custom Ecology, Inc.-Sulphur 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rocky Mountain Orthodontics 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Michels Gas Distribution- Lakeville, MN 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hardee's of Bogalusa 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pier 17 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE MO Kirk 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 044 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pilgrim Manor 142 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.