Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · New Jersey

Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development

Carlstadt, NJ · ~159 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade A.

Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development: 0.3 TCR = 50% of Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development safety composite

Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2016→2020

Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development injury rate improved

Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development's TCR fell 0.5 from 0.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.5 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Carlstadt, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/16
  • PHOTO Montvale Research an…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~159 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Montvale Research and Development (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development averages 0.3 TCR (50% of the Medical 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 Corporate Research and Development TCR series: 2016=0.5 · 2020=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development falls in its industry

319 Medical research and developme establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 16 Medical research and developme employers in New Jersey.

Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development (159 employees, TCR 0.3) 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 Corporate Research and Development
Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development (159 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Sun Chemical Corporate Research and Development has more employees than the Medical research and development laborat 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · NJ · Carlstadt

319 Medical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 78 employers in Carlstadt, NJ · 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 Montvale Research and Development 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 21 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lubrizol Advanced Materials Brecksville 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HoneywellIL16 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Roy Rock LLC 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE William Grant & Sons Inc. 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Borealis 159 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bruker OST LLC 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR TRIBECA OVEN 362 FTE
CITY-NEAR Safway Atlantic, LLC - New Jersey 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Trading Co. Inc. 295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unimac Graphics, LLC 227 FTE
NAT-TCR CA-12 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR MD-04 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tradesmen International Greensboro 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation Alexandria Va-Telegrph Rd (3229) 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Girl New York 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raytheon_Orlando_FL_Research Parkway 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mt. St. Vincent Care Center 159 FTE
NAT-SIZE US173: Pittsburgh 546 - SG 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: 2020, 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.