Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing · North Carolina

Vertellus - Greensboro

Greensboro, NC · ~79 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vertellus - Greensboro runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Vertellus - Greensboro: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vertellus - Greensboro safety composite

Vertellus - Greensboro scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−5.0

2016→2022

Vertellus - Greensboro injury rate improved

Vertellus - Greensboro's TCR fell 5.0 from 5.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=1.2 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Greensboro, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/25
  • PHOTO Ortec - Easley
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ortec - Easley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vertellus - Greensboro in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vertellus - Greensboro averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Vertellus - Greensboro TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=1.2 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Vertellus - Greensboro falls in its industry

552 Plasticizers (i.e., basic synt establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 25 Plasticizers (i.e., basic synt employers in North Carolina.

Vertellus - Greensboro (79 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Vertellus - Greensboro
Vertellus - Greensboro (79 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Vertellus - Greensboro has more employees than the Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chem 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.7 3.7 3 0 0
2018 2.6 0.0 2 0 0
2017 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2016 5.0 3.8 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · NC · Greensboro

552 Plasticizers (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 920 employers in Greensboro, NC · 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 Ortec - Easley 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PMC Specialties Group Inc 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACS Technical Products 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Struktol Company of America (1) 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Laurinburg 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE GASTONIA OPS MOC GARAGE BLDG B 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sikes Place - Ste 100 / 200 / 250 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inside Sales Raleigh 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR MHCMH-Cone-Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital 3,806 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guilford County Local Government - All Employees 3,270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guilford County Local Government 3,194 FTE
CITY-NEAR NCGRE - GREENSBORO HUB 2,447 FTE
NAT-TCR Festida Foods 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR DNJ Intermodal - Channahon 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ODW - Columbus 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chesley Brown International 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brinton Manor INC 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market Place #578 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paarlo Plastics 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE WMS Fitzgerald 79 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: 2022, 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.