Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Massachusetts
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC
Lunenburg, MA · ~72 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade F.
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC: 7.4 TCR = 224% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC safety composite
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC: 3.1 → 4.9 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 17.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.67× in 2024
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC's TCR rose 1.9 from 3.1 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 17.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325991 · Lunenburg, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 224% of ind
- DART 4.9 DART
- RANK #10/10
- PHOTO Asahi Kasei Plastics…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 41 inj
- SIZE ~72 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Asahi Kasei Plastics- Athens (0.0 TCR gap)
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S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Mesa Fully For
Mesa Fully Formed, LLC - Mesa
7.5 TCR
- This site
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC
7.4 TCR
- Asahi Kasei Pl
Asahi Kasei Plastics- Athens
7.4 TCR
- MRC Polymers,
MRC Polymers, Inc.
7.4 TCR
- A.Schulman Car
A.Schulman Carpentersville
7.4 TCR
What this shows S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC averages 7.4 TCR (224% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=17.8 · 2019=10.5 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 3.3
Where S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC falls in its industry
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Massachusetts.
S&E Specialty Polymers, LLC has more employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.3 | 6.9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.5 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 17.8 | 14.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325991 · MA · Lunenburg
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 10 employers in Lunenburg, MA · 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 | Asahi Kasei Plastics- Athens | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MRC Polymers, Inc. | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | A.Schulman Carpentersville | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mesa Fully Formed, LLC - Mesa | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Ver-Tex Construction, Inc. | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RJV Construction Corp. | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Metro Glass & Metal LLC | 72 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 665 | 72 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | P.J. Keating Company-Lunenburg | 191 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2118 | 191 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 08388 - Store # 8388 Lunenburg | 181 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 8388 | 165 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | A&A Cattle Company, LLC | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Moline Il - 3285 | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Germantown Wi - 3173 | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Los Angeles CA DI | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | TruJacodi Delivery Express | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fujifilm Wako | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | A & B Distributing - Olive Branch, MS | 72 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Roehm America LLC | 72 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.