Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing · Ohio

VWR Chemicals Solon

Solon, OH · ~358 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VWR Chemicals Solon runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

VWR Chemicals Solon: 1.4 TCR = 41% of Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VWR Chemicals Solon safety composite

VWR Chemicals Solon scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Rising injury rate

VWR Chemicals Solon: 0.8 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.79× in 2018

VWR Chemicals Solon's TCR rose 0.6 from 0.8 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Solon, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 41% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #10/29
  • PHOTO USALCO - La Porte
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~358 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USALCO - La Porte (0.0 TCR gap)

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VWR Chemicals Solon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VWR Chemicals Solon averages 1.4 TCR (41% of the Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

VWR Chemicals Solon TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where VWR Chemicals Solon falls in its industry

418 Sodium inorganic compounds, no establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 29 Sodium inorganic compounds, no employers in Ohio.

VWR Chemicals Solon (358 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate VWR Chemicals Solon
VWR Chemicals Solon (358 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

VWR Chemicals Solon has more employees than the Sodium inorganic compounds, not specifie median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2018 1.4 1.1 4 0 0
2017 1.8 1.2 3 3 0
2016 0.8 0.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · OH · Solon

418 Sodium inorganic compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 145 employers in Solon, 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 USALCO - La Porte 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metropolis 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cyanco Winnemucca 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Borger 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE PCC Airfoils LLC - Mentor Plant 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eby-Brown Springfield 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2309 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1539 358 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swagelok OFC 1,274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Order Fulfillment Center 1,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nestle USA 1,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swagelok Main Plant 1,051 FTE
NAT-TCR Kelsey-Hayes Company-Fenton 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AC Lowes US 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nestle Itasca 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR IES 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holland - JO 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE Denver International Airport (Codia) 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highland (Txaun) 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conrad Deepwater Shipyard 358 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: 2018, 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.