Food coloring, synthetic, manufacturing · Missouri

Sensient Colors, LLC

Name: Sensient Colors, LLC Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Saint Louis, MO · ~423 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sensient Colors, LLC runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Food coloring, synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Sensient Colors, LLC: 1.6 TCR = 48% of Food coloring, synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sensient Colors, LLC safety composite

Sensient Colors, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−0.8

2016→2019

Sensient Colors, LLC injury rate improved

Sensient Colors, LLC's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2019=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · Saint Louis, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 48% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK P69
PHOTO Kemira Chemicals Inc…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~423 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kemira Chemicals Inc. Bushy Park Plant Site (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Sensient Colors, LLC averages 1.6 TCR (48% of the Food coloring, synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Sensient Colors, LLC TCR series: 2016=2 · 2019=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Sensient Colors, LLC falls in its industry

75 Food coloring, synthetic, manu establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Sensient Colors, LLC (423 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sensient Colors, LLC has more employees than the Food coloring, synthetic, manufacturing median and a lower 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
2019	1.2	1.0	6	0	0
2016	2.0	1.3	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · MO · Saint Louis

75 Food coloring, synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 448 employers in Saint Louis, MO · 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	Kemira Chemicals Inc. Bushy Park Plant Site	GOOSE CREEK, SC	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BASF Colors & Effects - Peekskill	PEEKSKILL, NY	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BASF Colors & Effects - N Charleston	NORTH CHARLESTON, SC	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Venator Augusta	AUGUSTA, GA	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	InfraSource Underground Installation, LLC	KANSAS CITY	423 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mondi Jackson	JACKSON	423 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Builder's Bloc Contracting Services, LLC	CHESTERFIELD	422 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ST LOUIS MO ONE UNION 70	ST LOUIS	424 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MO002	Saint Louis	12,691 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Barnes-Jewish Hospital	Saint Louis	9,005 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MERCY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS	Saint Louis	5,653 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Checkerboard Square	Saint Louis	3,464 FTE
NAT-TCR	CALAMCO	Stockton, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tioga Air Heaters LLC	Minneapolis, MN	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	PolyOne Norwalk	Norwalk, OH	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hillman Group Service	Cincinnati, OH	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Innocor East, LLC - AIE	Baldwyn, MS	423 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Exemplis-Buena Park	Buena Park, CA	423 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LSC Communications	Maple Grove, MN	423 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Twin Cities	Rogers, MN	423 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: 2019, 2016. 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.