Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing · Connecticut
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc.
Manchester, CT · ~63 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc. runs at 298% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc.: 9.8 TCR = 298% of Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc. safety composite
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc.: 2.0 → 12.4 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 23.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2024
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc.'s TCR rose 10.4 from 2.0 in 2016 to 12.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 23.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325211 · Manchester, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 298% of ind
- DART 12.4 DART
- RANK #7/7
- PHOTO Greystone Manufactur…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 45 inj
- SIZE ~63 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Greystone Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc.
9.8 TCR
- Greystone Manu
Greystone Manufacturing
9.8 TCR
- Hydromer, Inc.
Hydromer, Inc.
9.8 TCR
- Arnette Polyme
Arnette Polymers, LLC
9.7 TCR
- RKAA Business
RKAA Business LLC DBA Chippewa Plastics
9.7 TCR
What this shows Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc. averages 9.8 TCR (298% of the Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc. TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=10.3 · 2018=8 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=8 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=23.8 · 2024=12.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc. falls in its industry
644 Thermoplastic resins and plast establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Thermoplastic resins and plast employers in Connecticut.
Sumitomo Bakelite North America Inc. has fewer employees than the Thermoplastic resins and plastics materi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 23.8 | 14.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325211 · CT · Manchester
644 Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 145 employers in Manchester, CT · 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 | Greystone Manufacturing | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hydromer, Inc. | 9.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Arnette Polymers, LLC | 9.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RKAA Business LLC DBA Chippewa Plastics | 9.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Public Works | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greenwood Industries CT | 63 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OSF FLAVORS INC. | 63 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Manchester Memorial Hospital | 1,652 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 235 MANCHESTER CT | 412 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1891 | 387 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Home Office | 381 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hickory Village | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Filmtech Corporation | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cole Electric | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Glovis America Hu | 9.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Eco Thrift Store - 156hwrd | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heidtman Steel Products Inc.-Butler Sheet | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bemidji Community Behavioral Health Hospital | 63 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 7901-Pdllc-Randolph Macon Coll | 63 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.