Acrylic resins manufacturing · North Carolina
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia
Gastonia, NC · ~76 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acrylic resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Acrylic resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia safety composite
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
73/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 83% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.2
2023→2024
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia injury rate improved
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=1.2 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325211 · Gastonia, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #6/39
- PHOTO NatureWorks LLC (Bla…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~76 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NatureWorks LLC (Blair) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia
0.6 TCR
- NatureWorks LL
NatureWorks LLC (Blair)
0.6 TCR
- Revlis - Norto
Revlis - Norton
0.6 TCR
- INVISTA S.ar.l
INVISTA S.ar.l. - Wilmington
0.6 TCR
- Kaneka North A
Kaneka North America LLC
0.6 TCR
What this shows Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Acrylic resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia TCR series: 2023=1.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia falls in its industry
644 Acrylic resins manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 39 Acrylic resins manufacturing employers in North Carolina.
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Gastonia has more employees than the Acrylic resins manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325211 · NC · Gastonia
644 Acrylic resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 182 employers in Gastonia, NC · 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 | NatureWorks LLC (Blair) | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Revlis - Norton | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | INVISTA S.ar.l. - Wilmington | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kaneka North America LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CTC - CTN | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pro-Tops Inc | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Messer Construction Co. - Charlotte Region | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sammax Contracting, LLC | 76 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gaston Memorial Hospital, Incorporated d/b/a CaroMont Regional Medical Center | 3,156 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gaston County Government | 1,711 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wix Allen Plant | 931 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gastonia Components and Logistics - Tulip | 912 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kustom Signals, Inc. - Lenexa | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Customer Service Group Crystal Lake Customer Care Center | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Midland Medical Lodge | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gagnon, Inc. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | KEWAUNEE | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Champlain Cable Texas Corporation | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ideal Consolidated, Inc. | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GEDIA Michigan LLC | 76 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.