Pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), inorganic, manufacturing · Michigan

Sun Chemical

Muskegon, MI · ~152 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sun Chemical runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), inorganic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Sun Chemical: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), inorganic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sun Chemical safety composite

Sun Chemical scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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)
F 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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 held a steady TCR band

Sun Chemical's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.6 in 2020 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.6 · 2021=5.2 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · Muskegon, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Heucotech Ltd.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heucotech Ltd. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sun Chemical in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sun Chemical averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), inorganic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sun Chemical TCR series: 2020=3.6 · 2021=5.2 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Sun Chemical falls in its industry

75 Pigments (except bone black, c establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Pigments (except bone black, c employers in Michigan.

Sun Chemical (152 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sun Chemical
Sun Chemical (152 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sun Chemical has more employees than the Pigments (except bone black, carbon blac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 3.6 2.7 4 0 0
2021 5.2 4.4 6 0 0
2020 3.6 3.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · MI · Muskegon

75 Pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), inorganic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 230 employers in Muskegon, MI · 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 Heucotech Ltd. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BASF Ames 801 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORGANIC DYES AND PIGMENTS - UNION 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ethos Biosciences, Inc. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grand River Construction 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jergens Piping Corp-Mi 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE Warren Michigan Plant 152 FTE
STATE-SIZE PotlatchDeltic Land & Lumber, LLC. 152 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Sherman Campus 3,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners-1500 E Sherman BLVD-MH-MI 2,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Hackley 1,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Arena 861 FTE
NAT-TCR Whittier Hills Healthcare Center 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR St Clare Commons 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Gulfport,MS 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Stamford Windustrial CO 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Luke Homes Services,Inc. 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE LiDestri Lee Road North 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wichita Presbyterian Manor 152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri Pointe Homes Arizona 152 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, 2021, 2020. 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.