Color pigments, organic (except animal black, bone black), manufacturing · Michigan

Sun Chemical - Muskegon

Name: Sun Chemical - Muskegon Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Muskegon, MI · ~131 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sun Chemical - Muskegon runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Color pigments, organic (except animal black, bone black), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Sun Chemical - Muskegon: 4.3 TCR = 129% of Color pigments, organic (except animal black, bone 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 total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−4.4

2016→2017

Sun Chemical - Muskegon injury rate improved

Sun Chemical - Muskegon's TCR fell 4.4 from 6.5 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.5 · 2017=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 129% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #3/4
PHOTO Ethos Biosciences, I…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ethos Biosciences, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.3
Ethos Bioscien

4.3
Prince Mineral

4.3
Illinois

4.3
Sun Chemical

4.2

What this shows Sun Chemical - Muskegon averages 4.3 TCR (129% of the Color pigments, organic (except animal black, bone black), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Sun Chemical - Muskegon TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Sun Chemical - Muskegon falls in its industry

75 Color pigments, organic (excep establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Color pigments, organic (excep employers in Michigan.

Sun Chemical - Muskegon (131 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 Color pigments, organic (except animal b 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
2017	2.1	2.1	3	0	0
2016	6.5	5.8	9	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · MI · Muskegon

75 Color pigments, organic (except animal black, bone 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	Ethos Biosciences, Inc.	LOGAN TOWNSHIP, NJ	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Prince Minerals LLC- Quincy	QUINCY, IL	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Illinois	SPRINGFIELD, IL	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sun Chemical	MUSKEGON, MI	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	City of Kalamazoo-Public Services- Stockbridge	KALAMAZOO	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hillsdale	HILLSDALE	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Elemet Technologies	COLDWATER	131 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Techno-Coat, Inc.	HOLLAND	131 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	EC039 - Kansas City, KS-0300	New Century, KS	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Charlotte Air Gateway (Ncclt)	Charlotte, NC	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kosciusko (Mskos)	Kosciusko, MS	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arvato Bertelsmann	Pleasant Prairie, WI	4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Textron Specialized Vehicles - Dixie Chopper Coatesville	Coatesville, IN	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RoadHouse Crossroads, LLC	Tucson, AZ	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6400-Swy 0024 0017	Auburn, WA	131 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Santa Fe Center (Nmsfe)	Santa Fe, NM	131 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.