Oil additive preparations manufacturing · Connecticut

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division

Bethel, CT · ~28 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Oil additive preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Oil additive preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division safety composite

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−5.0

2016→2024

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division injury rate improved

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division's TCR fell 5.0 from 5.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Bethel, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P25
  • PHOTO Bimax
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bimax (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Oil additive preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=0 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division falls in its industry

485 Oil additive preparations manu establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division (28 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division
Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division (28 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC - Bethel Division has fewer employees than the Oil additive preparations 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2022 10.1 10.1 3 0 0
2021 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2020 7.7 7.7 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.0 5.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · CT · Bethel

485 Oil additive preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 64 employers in Bethel, CT · 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 Bimax 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Suncoast Chemicals 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Perimeter Solutions Post Falls 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dynalene, Inc 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE New Haven Harbor Station 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Road Generating Company LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE New York Division 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR ComNet Communications, LLC 533 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leir 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memry Corporation #3 and #15 299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memry Corporation #3 269 FTE
NAT-TCR Vico Construction Corporation 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Warner Hospital & Health Services 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydro Tube Enterprises, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Faulkner Inc of Miami 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE ICM, Inc. Technology Development 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schofield 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSA Gulf - Gulfport 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hope Mills 28 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, 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.