Stearic acid esters manufacturing · Ohio

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue

Cleveland, OH · ~45 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Stearic acid esters manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Stearic acid esters manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue safety composite

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−6.3

2018→2024

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue injury rate improved

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue's TCR fell 6.3 from 6.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.3 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Cleveland, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #33/44
  • PHOTO South Terminal
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: South Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue averages 3.1 TCR (93% 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-- Wayside Avenue TCR series: 2018=6.3 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue falls in its industry

552 Stearic acid esters manufactur establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 44 Stearic acid esters manufactur employers in Ohio.

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue (45 employees, TCR 3.1) 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-- Wayside Avenue
Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue (45 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Valtris Specialty Chemcials-- Wayside Avenue 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.6 4.4 3 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2019 6.2 4.1 3 0 0
2018 6.3 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · OH · Cleveland

552 Stearic acid esters manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 922 employers in Cleveland, OH · 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 South Terminal 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enzyme Development Corporation 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arxada LLC 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR STL Ewing 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nationwide Energy Partners, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE GSO OFFICE - NORTH CANTON 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 283-NiSource-Wintersville OH-Ohio Valley Op 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office 82 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic Main Campus 25,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 20,763 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Medical Center 10,377 FTE
CITY-NEAR SILCO FIRE & SECURITY - CLEVELAND 3,641 FTE
NAT-TCR Kalispell Electric, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Measurements, Inc. (VB) 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Orizon Fenton MO 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Deposit 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE EJ Smith Construction Company, LLC. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Con-Trol CMC East Moline 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Darley's Plumbing 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE CEM-TEC Corporation 45 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.