Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · North Carolina

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC

Charlotte, NC · ~36 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade C.

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC: 0.4 TCR = 82% of Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC safety composite

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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 0.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC held a steady TCR band

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Charlotte, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.4 · 82% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/12
  • PHOTO EVERANA Life Science…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: EVERANA Life Science Services LLC - Mason OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sun Chemical Charlotte NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sun Chemical Charlotte NC averages 0.4 TCR (82% of the Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Sun Chemical Charlotte NC falls in its industry

319 Chemical research and developm establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Chemical research and developm employers in North Carolina.

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC (36 employees, TCR 0.4) 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 Sun Chemical Charlotte NC
Sun Chemical Charlotte NC (36 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Sun Chemical Charlotte NC has fewer employees than the Chemical research and development labora median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · NC · Charlotte

319 Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, NC · 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 EVERANA Life Science Services LLC - Mason OH 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR JM Technology Center 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Genie TREQ Center 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bastion Technologies, Inc. - JPL 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Butterball Hatchery # 1 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Carolina Farms (CV) 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Yadkin 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edgecombe Genco, LLC. 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR NELA 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Airport Location 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Spring Refinery 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Infrastructure US Offices 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stitser Drywall 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bay Insulation Supply of Los Angeles 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.M. Young & Sons, Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Louis Lab 36 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.