Inks, printing, manufacturing · New Jersey

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center

Carlstadt, NJ · ~123 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Inks, printing, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center: 0.3 TCR = 8% of Inks, printing, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center safety composite

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% 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

−0.8

2022→2024

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center injury rate improved

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=0.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325910 · Carlstadt, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 8% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/6
  • PHOTO STA Technologies Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STA Technologies Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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Sun Chemical Research Technical Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sun Chemical Research Technical Center averages 0.3 TCR (8% of the Inks, printing, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center TCR series: 2022=0.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Sun Chemical Research Technical Center falls in its industry

111 Inks, printing, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Inks, printing, manufacturing employers in New Jersey.

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center (123 employees, TCR 0.3) 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 Research Technical Center
Sun Chemical Research Technical Center (123 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Sun Chemical Research Technical Center has more employees than the Inks, printing, manufacturing median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325910 · NJ · Carlstadt

111 Inks, printing, manufacturing 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 STA Technologies Inc 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Chemical Corp 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dart Container Holt 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAI, Inc. 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Storm Master Gutters 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linde - Murray Hill 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sealed Air 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE MRP Solutions 123 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 PSM Integrity Solutions, LLC 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR LeafFilter CORP 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mountain West Electric, Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Conti Federal Services, LLC 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE PruittHealth-Town Center LLC 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Island County Public Transportation Benefit Area dba Island Transit 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Port Enterprises, Ltd. 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3866 - Austin Sortation Center 123 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, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.