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

Sun Chemical

Name: Sun Chemical Workplace Safety Data
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Goose Creek, SC · ~165 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sun Chemical runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Inorganic pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Sun Chemical: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Inorganic pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y 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 total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−3.2

2019→2020

Sun Chemical injury rate improved

Sun Chemical's TCR fell 3.2 from 4.5 in 2019 to 1.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.5 · 2020=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · Goose Creek, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #7/11
PHOTO Sun Chemical Goose C…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~165 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Chemical Goose Creek (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sun Chemical G

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Chromascape, L

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Solomon Colors

2.7

What this shows Sun Chemical averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Inorganic pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Sun Chemical TCR series: 2019=4.5 · 2020=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Sun Chemical falls in its industry

75 Inorganic pigments (except bon establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 11 Inorganic pigments (except bon employers in South Carolina.

Sun Chemical (165 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 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
2020	1.3	1.3	2	0	0
2019	4.5	2.2	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · SC · Goose Creek

75 Inorganic pigments (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 85 employers in Goose Creek, SC · 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	Sun Chemical Goose Creek	GOOSE CREEK, SC	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chromascape, LLC	GOOSE CREEK, SC	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Colorcon, Inc.	WEST POINT, PA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Solomon Colors, Inc.	SPRINGFIELD, IL	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	C150 Bishopville SAC	BISHOPVILLE	165 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Milliken & Co. Gerrish Plant	PENDLETON	165 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southern Felt Co North Augusta	NORTH AUGUSTA	165 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2807-2207	NORTH AUGUSTA	165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	APS-3 KBR	Goose Creek	575 FTE
CITY-NEAR	APS-3	Goose Creek	548 FTE
CITY-NEAR	W. International SC, LLC	Goose Creek	499 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2928	Goose Creek	473 FTE
NAT-TCR	Tennant Company Corporate Woods TSSC	Golden Valley, MN	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Priebe Security Services	Austin, TX	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	NMH - MG Office Bldg clinics Podiatry, Speciality, FP, IM, UC, Peds, Lab and Pharmacy	Maple Grove, MN	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Watts Water Technologies	St. Pauls, NC	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	2253-H4610	Dallas, TX	165 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fey Industries	Edgerton, MN	165 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Slp Nc	Asheville, NC	165 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vancouver Police Dept West	Vancouver, WA	165 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: 2020, 2019. 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.