Printing inks manufacturing · Minnesota

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg.

Minneapolis, MN · ~24 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Printing inks manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg.: 5.4 TCR = 164% of Printing inks manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. safety composite

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−4.2

2016→2022

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. injury rate improved

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg.'s TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 14.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=14.7 · 2019=4.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325910 · Minneapolis, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 164% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO 750-800 Sherman Ave.…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 750-800 Sherman Ave. CMF,SMF,WDC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. averages 5.4 TCR (164% of the Printing inks manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=14.7 · 2019=4.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. falls in its industry

111 Printing inks manufacturing establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Printing inks manufacturing employers in Minnesota.

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. (24 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 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 05001,0001,5002,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg.
Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. (24 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. has fewer employees than the Printing inks manufacturing 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 0 1 0
2018 14.7 14.7 3 0 0
2017 9.3 4.7 2 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325910 · MN · Minneapolis

111 Printing inks manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 1,321 employers in Minneapolis, MN · 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 750-800 Sherman Ave. CMF,SMF,WDC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR INX International Ink Co. (5300) 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sinkro Corporation 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SHAW-NAZ-SHAWNEE 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Cottonwood Dairy 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE WPI-Office 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Production Services - Jackson 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Repairs and Maintenance 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Minnesota Twin Cities 22,522 FTE
CITY-NEAR MN950 MN TELECOMMUTER 12,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0501 - City Center 8,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hennepin County Medical Center 7,030 FTE
NAT-TCR Country Villa Mar Vista Nursing Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 161276-Carol Stream Il Vmf 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR National Management Resources (Palm Beach Atlantic University) 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR White Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Esbenshade Mills 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delcon Partners LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE View Point Dairy 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Connecticut 24 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: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.