Plastics coating of textiles and apparel · Delaware

The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE

Newark, DE · ~566 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE runs at 7% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Plastics coating of textiles and apparel workplace, earning a grade A.

The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE: 0.2 TCR = 7% of Plastics coating of textiles and apparel BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE safety composite

The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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%).

The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE held a steady TCR band

The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.3 in 2016 to 0.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.3 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313320 · Newark, DE AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 7% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P96
  • PHOTO DuPont Electronic Ma…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~566 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DuPont Electronic Materials (0.1 TCR gap)

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The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE averages 0.2 TCR (7% of the Plastics coating of textiles and apparel BLS benchmark).

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

The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.2 · BLS 3.3

Where The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE falls in its industry

79 Plastics coating of textiles a establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE (566 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE
The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE (566 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.5

The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE has more employees than the Plastics coating of textiles and apparel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018 0.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2016 0.3 0.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313320 · DE · Newark

79 Plastics coating of textiles and apparel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,487 rated employers in Delaware with headcount on file · 221 employers in Newark, DE · 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 DuPont Electronic Materials 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cytec Engineered Materials, Inc. 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elk Creek 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milliken - Valway Plant 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE ILCDover LP 567 FTE
STATE-SIZE 096821-DELAWARE DE P&DC 564 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMZL : DPH4 554 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delaware City Refining Company 553 FTE
CITY-NEAR 50 Christiana 11,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newark Site 1,462 FTE
CITY-NEAR DE00000042 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - NEWARK 1,028 FTE
CITY-NEAR DPL- New Castle Regional Office 614 FTE
NAT-TCR Galliano Marine Service LLC 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Dow Chemical Company Louisiana Operations 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NuVasive Manufacturing - West Carrollton 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NBC Combined Finance Service Center Office 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mt Clemens Axalta Coating Systems 566 FTE
NAT-SIZE Augustana University 566 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Tennessee Regional Health System-Winchester/Sewanee 566 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dal-Tile Corporation 566 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.