Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing · Massachusetts

Strem Chemicals, Inc.

Newburyport, MA · ~70 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Strem Chemicals, Inc. runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Strem Chemicals, Inc.: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Strem Chemicals, Inc. safety composite

Strem Chemicals, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.8

2016→2021

Strem Chemicals, Inc. injury rate improved

Strem Chemicals, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Newburyport, MA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/6
  • PHOTO Monolith Nebraska LL…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Monolith Nebraska LLC - OC1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Strem Chemicals, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Strem Chemicals, Inc. averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Strem Chemicals, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Strem Chemicals, Inc. falls in its industry

418 Cobalt compounds, not specifie establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 6 Cobalt compounds, not specifie employers in Massachusetts.

Strem Chemicals, Inc. (70 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Strem Chemicals, Inc.
Strem Chemicals, Inc. (70 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Strem Chemicals, Inc. has more employees than the Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewher 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · MA · Newburyport

418 Cobalt compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 59 employers in Newburyport, 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 Monolith Nebraska LLC - OC1 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thatcher Company of Nevada 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SII West Point 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR USALCO Baltimore Plant, LLC 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Holland Construction 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Structures Derek International sa 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beacon Piping Co. Inc. 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE EAC 6280 North East Paving 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anna Jaques Hospital 946 FTE
CITY-NEAR BETH ISREAL DEACONESS HOSPITAL ANNA JAQUES 491 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester Electronics LLC 470 FTE
CITY-NEAR Turning Point, Inc. 334 FTE
NAT-TCR Siemens Logistics LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Willow Springs 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Electric Plus Inc 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Louis Park 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Guest Supply Corona, California 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zenith - Riverside 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smoky Hill Health & Rehabilitation 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE GKN Sinter Metals Inc. - Conover 70 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: 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.