Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, polymerization) manufacturing · New York

VWR Chemicals Sanborn

Sanborn, NY · ~62 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VWR Chemicals Sanborn runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, polymerization) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

VWR Chemicals Sanborn: 3.0 TCR = 90% of Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, polymerization) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VWR Chemicals Sanborn safety composite

VWR Chemicals Sanborn scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−3.1

2016→2017

VWR Chemicals Sanborn injury rate improved

VWR Chemicals Sanborn's TCR fell 3.1 from 4.5 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Sanborn, NY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/18
  • PHOTO 4456_12914
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4456_12914 (0.0 TCR gap)

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VWR Chemicals Sanborn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VWR Chemicals Sanborn averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, polymerization) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

VWR Chemicals Sanborn TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where VWR Chemicals Sanborn falls in its industry

485 Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, o establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 18 Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, o employers in New York.

VWR Chemicals Sanborn (62 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 VWR Chemicals Sanborn
VWR Chemicals Sanborn (62 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

VWR Chemicals Sanborn has more employees than the Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, 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
2017 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.5 3.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · NY · Sanborn

485 Inhibitors (e.g., corrosion, oxidation, polymerization) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 26 employers in Sanborn, NY · 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 4456_12914 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DYSOL DBA SOCOMORE 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henkel 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SUEZ WTS ORANGE SITE 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Columbia Care New York LLC.-Rochester 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Utilities - Massena 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kings County Waterproofing Corp 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE E-J Energy 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edwards Vacuum Niagara 199 FTE
CITY-NEAR Edwards Vacuum North American Customer Center - General Vacuum 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Voss Manufacturing Inc 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR ACA-New York 81 FTE
NAT-TCR AC Corporation - Winston-Salem 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Dymax Corporation (HQ & Adhesives) 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Duvall Road 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Premier Tooling & Manufacturing, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marshall Dekalb Electric Copperative 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Valley Adult Resources 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schnell Contractors, Inc - Louisville Kentucky 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Tipton LLC 62 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.