Inorganic pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black) manufacturing · Michigan

Sun Chemical Muskegon

Name: Sun Chemical Muskegon Workplace Safety Data
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Muskegon, MI · ~122 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sun Chemical Muskegon runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Inorganic pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Sun Chemical Muskegon: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Inorganic pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sun Chemical Muskegon safety composite

Sun Chemical Muskegon scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−1.5

2022→2023

Sun Chemical Muskegon injury rate improved

Sun Chemical Muskegon's TCR fell 1.5 from 3.3 in 2022 to 1.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.3 · 2023=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · Muskegon, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #1/4
PHOTO LANXESS Corporation,…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~122 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LANXESS Corporation, StarPointe (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Sun Chemical Muskegon averages 2.6 TCR (79% of the Inorganic pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Sun Chemical Muskegon TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Sun Chemical Muskegon falls in its industry

75 Inorganic pigments (except bon establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Inorganic pigments (except bon employers in Michigan.

Sun Chemical Muskegon (122 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sun Chemical Muskegon has more employees than the Inorganic pigments (except bone black, c 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
2023	1.9	1.9	2	0	0
2022	3.3	2.5	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · MI · Muskegon

75 Inorganic pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	LANXESS Corporation, StarPointe	BURGETTSTOWN, PA	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WPC Technologies	OAK CREEK, WI	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Solomon Colors, Inc.	SPRINGFIELD, IL	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cardinal Color Paterson	PATERSON, NJ	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Wolgast Corporation	SAGINAW	122 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Action Traffic Maintenance Inc.	GRAND BLANC	122 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JK Masonry Inc	COMSTOCK PARK	122 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schad Boiler Setting Company	DETROIT	122 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Health Partners - Sherman Campus	Muskegon	3,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Health Partners-1500 E Sherman BLVD-MH-MI	Muskegon	2,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Health Partners - Hackley	Muskegon	1,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Health Arena	Muskegon	861 FTE
NAT-TCR	Brake Supply Evansville	Evansville, IN	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #358 SMYRNA, GA	Smyrna, GA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #4365 LA VERNE, CA	La Verne, CA	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	BBTS	Monticello, FL	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Complete Care Green Knoll	Bridgewater, NJ	122 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Neset Consulting Service Inc	Tioga, ND	122 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Varflex	Rome, NY	122 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PJS of El Paso, Inc.	El Paso, TX	122 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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