Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade · New York

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut)

Name: Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Newark, NY · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 18.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut) runs at 574% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut): 18.9 TCR = 574% of Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut) safety composite

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 18.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut): 17.5 → 20.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 20.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2020

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut)'s TCR rose 3.0 from 17.5 in 2019 to 20.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Newark, NY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.9 · 574% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #19/19
PHOTO SLIPMATE COMPANY
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SLIPMATE COMPANY (0.1 TCR gap)

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18.9
Crossroads Gal

18.8
Seaver Industr

18.8

What this shows Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut) averages 18.9 TCR (574% of the Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade BLS benchmark).

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut) TCR series: 2019=17.5 · 2020=20.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut) falls in its industry

646 Etching metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 19 Etching metals and metal produ employers in New York.

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut) (27 employees, TCR 18.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Newchem, Inc. (dba Newcut) has fewer employees than the Etching metals and metal products (excep median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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	20.4	0.0	6	0	0
2019	17.5	7.0	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · NY · Newark

646 Etching metals and metal products (except printing plates) for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 34 employers in Newark, NY · 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	SLIPMATE COMPANY	ITASCA, IL	19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Riley Industrial Paint Plant	BURLINGTON, IA	19.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Crossroads Galvanizing	LAFAYETTE, IN	18.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Seaver Industrial Finishing	GRAND HAVEN, MI	18.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rick Minkus Farms	NEW HAMPTON	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Highbanks Dairy	AUBURN	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Van Slyke's Dairy Farm LLC	PORTAGEVILLE	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Synergy LLC	LINWOOD	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Newark Wayne Community Hosp/DeMay Long Term	Newark	836 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Creation Technologies	Newark	386 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wegmans Newark 006	Newark	258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1813	Newark	255 FTE
NAT-TCR	Healthy Spot, LLC	Culver City, CA	18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Denny's Store #395	Bedford, IN	18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Public Works	Norwich, CT	18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-SWY-0029-0029-01767	Brawley, CA	18.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Berger Rental Communities- Corporate Office	Wayne, PA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Great Lakes Management & Holdings Chicago Heights	Chicago Heights, IL	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Wright Group - Modesto	Modesto, CA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	August Mack Environmental Lewis Center	Lewis Center, OH	27 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. 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.