Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing · Illinois
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield
Springfield, IL · ~169 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield safety composite
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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
−2.9
2022→2024
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield injury rate improved
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield's TCR fell 2.9 from 5.4 in 2022 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=5.4 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=2.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325130 · Springfield, IL ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind
- DART 2.6 DART
- RANK #3/5
- PHOTO Ferro Corporation
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~169 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Ferro Corporation (0.2 TCR gap)
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Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Sun Chemical
Sun Chemical
4.2 TCR
- ORGANIC DYES A
ORGANIC DYES AND PIGMENTS - UNION
4.1 TCR
- BASF Ames 801
BASF Ames 801
4.1 TCR
- This site
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield
3.8 TCR
- Ferro Corporat
Ferro Corporation
3.6 TCR
What this shows Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield TCR series: 2022=5.4 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield falls in its industry
75 Color pigments, inorganic (exc establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Color pigments, inorganic (exc employers in Illinois.
Solomon Colors, Inc. Springfield has more employees than the Color pigments, inorganic (except bone b 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 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325130 · IL · Springfield
75 Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 311 employers in Springfield, IL · 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 | Ferro Corporation | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ORGANIC DYES AND PIGMENTS - UNION | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BASF Ames 801 | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sun Chemical | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Village of Bartlett Water Division | 169 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Village of Bartlett Wastewater Division | 169 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Village of Bartlett Streets Division | 169 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ACH Food Companies, Inc. | 169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Memorial Medical Center | 4,160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Springfield Memorial Hospital | 3,837 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Springfield Clinic, LLP | 2,870 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HSHS St. John's Hospital | 2,696 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mathews Archery, Inc. | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JM Manufacturing | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3863 - Philadelphia Sortation Center | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2337 - Henrico Staples Mill Rd | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | USA - East Windsor | 169 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Container Research Corporation | 169 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | INTERPRINT, Inc. | 169 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shamrock Paving | 169 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.