Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing · California

Royal Chemical - CA

Hayward, CA · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Royal Chemical - CA runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Royal Chemical - CA: 8.1 TCR = 247% of Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Royal Chemical - CA safety composite

Royal Chemical - CA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Royal Chemical - CA: 0.0 → 16.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 16.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2021

Royal Chemical - CA's TCR rose 16.3 from 0.0 in 2020 to 16.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325611 · Hayward, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 247% of ind

  • DART 16.3 DART
  • RANK #12/16
  • PHOTO EO Campus
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EO Campus (0.2 TCR gap)

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Royal Chemical - CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Royal Chemical - CA averages 8.1 TCR (247% of the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Royal Chemical - CA TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=16.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Royal Chemical - CA falls in its industry

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, employers in California.

Royal Chemical - CA (21 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Royal Chemical - CA
Royal Chemical - CA (21 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Royal Chemical - CA has fewer employees than the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industria median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 16.3 16.3 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325611 · CA · Hayward

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 336 employers in Hayward, CA · 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 EO Campus 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABC Compounding of Texas 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR labs5240 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burlington Flavor Center 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 518 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 100 2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 117 2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Rose Hospital 929 FTE
NAT-TCR The Reserve at Dexter Lake 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Drury Inn - Paducah 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Centennial Healthcare Center 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Rydal Park 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Westerville FS (SSS, CSS) 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE NAES NE - Ballston Spa NY 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4668 Tulane Avenue 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seymour FS (SSS, CSS) 21 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: 2021, 2020. 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.