Stearic acid esters manufacturing · Texas

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth

Forth Worth, TX · ~55 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Stearic acid esters manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth: 5.0 TCR = 150% of Stearic acid esters manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth safety composite

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

2018→2024

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth injury rate improved

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth's TCR fell 3.2 from 5.0 in 2018 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 24.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=24.4 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Forth Worth, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 150% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #100/103
  • PHOTO Advanced Biotech
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Advanced Biotech (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth averages 5.0 TCR (150% of the Stearic acid esters manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth TCR series: 2018=5 · 2019=0 · 2020=24.4 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth falls in its industry

552 Stearic acid esters manufactur establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #100 safest of 103 Stearic acid esters manufactur employers in Texas.

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth (55 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth
Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth (55 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Fort Worth has fewer employees than the Stearic acid esters manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 24.4 22.7 2 12 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.0 5.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · TX · Forth Worth

552 Stearic acid esters manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 12 employers in Forth Worth, TX · 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 Advanced Biotech 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hero BX - Erie 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sergeant Bluff Methyl Ester 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR IDT San Diego 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CHAMPION FEEDERS 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE SANTA GERTRUDIS 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE SWISHER COUNTY CATTLE COMPANY 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harwood Complex 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - FTW4 678 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-OP Memeber Center 366 FTE
CITY-NEAR Team Select Home Care - FTW 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR BOXX Modular Holdings, Inc. / Black Diamond Group Limited 119 FTE
NAT-TCR 3form Glass 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MJ Hughes Construction 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ingardia Brothers Produce, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pace Georgia 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Autumn View Gardens, Schuetz Rd 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barro's Pizza, Goodyear 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 176800 Sleepys Hicksville Warehouse 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9230 E. Imperial Hwy. 55 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.