Chemical R&D laboratories · Pennsylvania

Springdale R&D Center

Springdale, PA · ~159 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Springdale R&D Center runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemical R&D laboratories workplace, earning a grade D.

Springdale R&D Center: 0.9 TCR = 184% of Chemical R&D laboratories BLS 0.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Springdale R&D Center safety composite

Springdale R&D Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

Springdale R&D Center: 1.2 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.12× in 2022

Springdale R&D Center's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.2 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 2.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Springdale, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.9 · 184% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #16/23
  • PHOTO The Chemours Company…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~159 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Chemours Company FC, LLC - Chestnut Run Plaza (0.0 TCR gap)

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Springdale R&D Center in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Springdale R&D Center averages 0.9 TCR (184% of the Chemical R&D laboratories BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Springdale R&D Center TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.9 · BLS 0.5

Where Springdale R&D Center falls in its industry

319 Chemical R&D laboratories establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 23 Chemical R&D laboratories employers in Pennsylvania.

Springdale R&D Center (159 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Springdale R&D Center
Springdale R&D Center (159 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Springdale R&D Center has more employees than the Chemical R&D laboratories median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2022 1.9 1.9 2 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2019 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 1.5 1.5 3 0 0
2017 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 1.2 0.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · PA · Springdale

319 Chemical R&D laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 7 employers in Springdale, PA · 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 The Chemours Company FC, LLC - Chestnut Run Plaza 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BI Pharmaceuticals/BI USA 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR INX International Ink Co. (7186) 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bastion Technologies, Inc.-NBL/NOC 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Component Assembly Systems PA 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE US173: Pittsburgh 546 - SG 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commodore Homes of PA 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Champion Home Builders, INC 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springdale 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR Industrial US, Others 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR R I Lampus Company 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Greco Steel Products, Inc 33 FTE
NAT-TCR Rankin Network 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Consolidated Metco - Vancouver Machining 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR International Paper - Plant City Container 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Colorado Mesa Univ-Maverick 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 9105 WR Headquarters Foundry Park Richmond 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kleeberg Sheet Metal 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Operations 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Tucson 39310 159 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.