Printing inks manufacturing · California

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs

Santa Fe Springs, CA · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Printing inks manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Printing inks manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs safety composite

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

Rising injury rate

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs: 4.8 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2017

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs's TCR rose 0.7 from 4.8 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325910 · Santa Fe Springs, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #7/10
  • PHOTO Nazdar Kansas
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nazdar Kansas (0.1 TCR gap)

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SunChemical Santa Fe Springs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SunChemical Santa Fe Springs averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Printing inks manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=5.5 · BLS 3.3

Where SunChemical Santa Fe Springs falls in its industry

111 Printing inks manufacturing establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 10 Printing inks manufacturing employers in California.

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs (21 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 SunChemical Santa Fe Springs
SunChemical Santa Fe Springs (21 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

SunChemical Santa Fe Springs 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
2017 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2016 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325910 · CA · Santa Fe Springs

111 Printing inks manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 310 employers in Santa Fe Springs, CA · 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 Nazdar Kansas 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Chemical Minneapolis Mfg. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 750-800 Sherman Ave. CMF,SMF,WDC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR INX International Ink Co. (5300) 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 423 3,217 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc. 1,217 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSI 1,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vans Distribution Center - SFS 757 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6309 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Safe Couriers Delivery Service Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Taylor & Parrish, Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Livingston Healthcare Service Tn (Tnmeh) 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4006 Mt. Aloysius College 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0774 - Albuquerque-Central, Nm 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0744 - Jasper, Al 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0725 - Easton, Pa 21 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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