Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers · New York
Slack Chemical Company Inc.
Carthage, NY · ~87 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Slack Chemical Company Inc. runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.
Slack Chemical Company Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 73% of Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Slack Chemical Company Inc. safety composite
Slack Chemical Company Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
−2.6
2017→2023
Slack Chemical Company Inc. injury rate improved
Slack Chemical Company Inc.'s TCR fell 2.6 from 3.7 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=3.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Carthage, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 73% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #10/23
- PHOTO INTERNATIONAL CHEMTE…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~87 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: INTERNATIONAL CHEMTEX CORPORATION (0.0 TCR gap)
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Slack Chemical Company Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Slack Chemical Company Inc.
1.6 TCR
- INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL CHEMTEX CORPORATION
1.6 TCR
- Minooka Distri
Minooka Distribution
1.6 TCR
- Midwest - Rock
Midwest - Rockford - Linden
1.6 TCR
- Praxair Distri
Praxair Distribution Inc. Wilmington
1.6 TCR
What this shows Slack Chemical Company Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (73% of the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Slack Chemical Company Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 2.2
Where Slack Chemical Company Inc. falls in its industry
766 Industrial chemicals merchant establishmentsSafer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 23 Industrial chemicals merchant employers in New York.
Slack Chemical Company Inc. has more employees than the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesaler median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · NY · Carthage
766 Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 9 employers in Carthage, 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 | INTERNATIONAL CHEMTEX CORPORATION | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Minooka Distribution | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Midwest - Rockford - Linden | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Praxair Distribution Inc. Wilmington | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | SARATOGA SERVICE CENTER-NY16 | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TCCo-LOG | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Streeter Associates, Inc. | 87 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 212-NY-New York South | 87 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carthage YMCA | 275 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WEST CARTHAGE #24 | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ox Specialty Paper, LLC | 66 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Johnson Lumber Co., LLC | 57 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hope / Spectrum Health CC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aluminum Boats Fort Wayne (Pontoons) | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store #5390 Niles, OH | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hilton Garden Inn Tuscaloosa | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SC Johnson Professional USA, Inc. | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hebron Bakery | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PVS Transportation | 87 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BFI Waste Services of Pennsylvania, LLC | 87 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.