Sandpaper manufacturing · New York
Saint-Gobain Abrasives
Watervliet, NY · ~133 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Saint-Gobain Abrasives runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sandpaper manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Saint-Gobain Abrasives: 4.9 TCR = 147% of Sandpaper manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Saint-Gobain Abrasives safety composite
Saint-Gobain Abrasives scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% 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
−2.1
2016→2023
Saint-Gobain Abrasives injury rate improved
Saint-Gobain Abrasives's TCR fell 2.1 from 5.0 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.0 · 2017=9.5 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=2.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 327910 · Watervliet, NY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 147% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #8/15
- PHOTO Stone Fox Staffing
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~133 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Stone Fox Staffing (0.1 TCR gap)
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Saint-Gobain Abrasives in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Flexovit USA I
Flexovit USA Inc
5.1 TCR
- Stone Fox Staf
Stone Fox Staffing
5 TCR
- Abrasive Techn
Abrasive Technology - Elgin
5 TCR
- This site
Saint-Gobain Abrasives
4.9 TCR
- Radiac Abrasiv
Radiac Abrasives Inc.
4.6 TCR
What this shows Saint-Gobain Abrasives averages 4.9 TCR (147% of the Sandpaper manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Saint-Gobain Abrasives TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=9.5 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=2.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Saint-Gobain Abrasives falls in its industry
90 Sandpaper manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 15 Sandpaper manufacturing employers in New York.
Saint-Gobain Abrasives has more employees than the Sandpaper manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.5 | 4.4 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
327910 · NY · Watervliet
90 Sandpaper manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 25 employers in Watervliet, NY · 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 | Stone Fox Staffing | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Abrasive Technology - Elgin | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Flexovit USA Inc | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Radiac Abrasives Inc. | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sungrow East LLC (formerly known as Intergrow East) | 133 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DGC Capital Contracting Corp. | 133 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sustainable Energy Developments Inc. (DBA GreenSpark Solar) | 133 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Albany Office | 133 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Comfortex Corporation | 274 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Watervliet #245 | 111 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Peter Luizzi & Bros. Contracting, Inc. | 107 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ALBANY NY - 052 | 97 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Graphics Universal Inc | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Engineered Materials Solutions | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sugar Foods Corporation | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jacobs Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Owen Electric Cooperative | 133 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Moveero Armstrong Iowa | 133 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CHF Industries, Inc. - Distribution Facility | 133 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bosch Security Systems | 133 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.