Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Indiana

Royal - South Bend

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South Bend, IN · ~162 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Royal - South Bend runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Royal - South Bend: 2.8 TCR = 84% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Royal - South Bend safety composite

Royal - South Bend scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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 - South Bend: 2.3 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2017

Royal - South Bend's TCR rose 1.0 from 2.3 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · South Bend, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 84% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #7/12
PHOTO Michigan Center
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Michigan Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
Michigan Cente

2.8
Ashland, Ohio

2.8
Wisdom - River

2.8
LATICRETE Inte

2.8

What this shows Royal - South Bend averages 2.8 TCR (84% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Royal - South Bend TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Royal - South Bend falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 12 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Indiana.

Royal - South Bend (162 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Royal - South Bend has more employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2017	3.3	2.2	6	0	0
2016	2.3	0.6	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · IN · South Bend

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 318 employers in South Bend, IN · 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	Michigan Center	MICHIGAN CENTER, MI	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ashland, Ohio	ASHLAND, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wisdom - River Ridge	ELGIN, IL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LATICRETE International, Inc-CT	BETHANY, CT	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Coreslab Structures	INDIANAPOLIS	162 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Novelis	TERRE HAUTE	162 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NT Supply and NFS - Greenwood	GREENWOOD	162 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Auburn Gear, LLC	AUBURN	162 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Memorial Hospital South Bend	South Bend	2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Joseph County	South Bend	1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fourwinds Casino South Bend	South Bend	1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Honeywell IN08	South Bend	810 FTE
NAT-TCR	6400-Swy 0017 1636	Glendale, AZ	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mason City (Iamas)	Mason City, IA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hospice of North Iowa	Mason City, IA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Geriatric Care Services	Cranberry Twp, PA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Wall Street	Calhoun, GA	162 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JFSNA at ExxonMobil Complex Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	162 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Drake-Williams Steel	Omaha, NE	162 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BioScrip Infusion Services - Morris Plains - 2300	Morris Plains, NJ	162 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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