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Calendar Year(s):   To assure continuous improvement, Responsible Care companies routinely measure and track their performance. These data are reported annually and made publicly available on this website. In many instances, companies have provided up to five years of trend data so users can follow their progress. In addition, some companies have included supplemental information, which has been linked to the measurement shown.

Responsible Care companies are highly diverse, ranging from very large companies with thousands of employees and dozens of facilities to smaller companies with fewer than 100 employees at a single site. The products, processes, equipment and regulatory reporting requirements of these companies also can differ significantly. Therefore, the data provided on this website may not be useful in making direct company-to-company comparisons, and in many instances, such comparisons may prove misleading. Rather, these data are an important indicator of each company's individual progress as well as broad performance trends across the industry.
 

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Company Employee Contractor Employee
Recordable Incidence Rate Days Away From Work Incidence Rate Fatalities Recordable Incidence Rate Days Away From Work Incidence Rate Fatalities
Company Name 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008
3M 2.34 0.59 0 1.27 0.42 0
Afton Chemical Corporation 0.70 0.00 0 5.36 0.00 0
Air Liquide USA LLC 0.89 0.14 0 1.76 0.70 0
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 0.49 0.12 1 0.67 0.07 0
Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc. 1.39 0.00 0 2.82 0.00 0
Albemarle Corporation 0.51 0.17 0 0.00 0.00 0
Anderson Development Company 2.31 0.77 0 N/A N/A N/A
Arch Chemicals, Inc. 1.16 0.06 0 3.95 1.32 0
Arkema Inc. 1.01 0.27 0 0.87 0.00 0
Ashland Inc. 1.41 0.18 0 N/A N/A N/A
Avery Dennison Performance Polymers 0.92 0.92 0 N/A N/A N/A
BASF Corporation 0.70 0.13 0 1.45 0.32 0
Bayer Corporation 0.90 0.23 2 0.56 0.19 0
Bio-Cide International, Inc. 0.00 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Bluestar Silicones USA Corp. 1.07 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Brenntag North America, Inc. 1.72 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Canexus 0.00 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Carus Corporation 2.24 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Celanese 0.45 0.00 0 0.00 0.00  
Champion Technologies, Inc. 1.89 0.73 0 N/A N/A N/A
CHEMTRADE 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0
Chemtura 1.04 0.22 0 1.18 0.00 0
Chevron Oronite Company LLC 0.40 0.13 0 0.51 0.00 0
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP 0.53 0.29 0 0.59 0.08 0
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 1.22 0.47 0 N/A N/A N/A
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation 1.82 0.27 0 1.89 1.08 0
Cognis Corporation 1.29 0.22 0 3.29 1.65 0
Compass Minerals International, Inc. 9.55 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Croda Inc. 2.19 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0
Daikin America, Inc. 0.87 0.29 0 0.00 0.00 0
Dakota Gasification Company 3.41 0.27 0 7.02 0.78 0
DJG Chemical, Inc. 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0
Dover Chemical Corporation 6.06 2.76 0 N/A N/A N/A
Dow 0.45 0.12 0 0.40 0.06 0
Dow Corning Corporation 1.75 0.12 0 3.29 0.12 0
DuPont 0.99 0.17 0 0.81 0.06 0
Eastman Chemical Company 0.80 0.13 0 0.94 0.10 0
El Dorado Nitrogen, L.P. 0.00 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Eliokem, Inc. 7.57 3.79 0 N/A N/A N/A
EMD Chemicals, Inc. 1.87 0.37 0 0.00 0.00 0
ERCO Worldwide Inc. 0.00 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Ethyl Corporation 0.85 0.85 0 1.64 0.00 0
Evonik Degussa Corporation 1.15 0.20 0 1.48 0.00 1
Evonik RohMax USA, Inc. 1.60 0.80 0 0.00 0.00 0
ExxonMobil Chemical Company 0.33 0.05 0 0.47 0.02 0
Ferro Corporation 2.61 0.33 0 N/A N/A N/A
FMC Corporation 1.35 0.67 0 5.83 1.67 0
General Carbon Company, Inc. 0.00 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Halocarbon Products Corporation 4.24 1.21 0 N/A N/A N/A
Honeywell 0.94 0.16 0 1.26 0.17 0
Infineum USA L.P. 0.30 0.15 0 0.00 0.00 0
Innospec Specialty Chemicals 0.00 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
ISP Chemco, Inc. 1.04 0.35 0 1.40 0.70 0
Johnson Matthey 5.43 0.30 0 N/A N/A N/A
Jones-Hamilton Co. 3.08 1.54 0 0.00 0.00 0
Kao Specialties Americas LLC 2.15 0.54 0 0.00 0.00 0
Kuehne Chemical Company, Inc. 6.76 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
LANXESS Corporation 0.79 0.09 0 2.86 0.72 0
Linde North America, Inc. 2.46 0.53 0 5.37 3.30 0
Marathon Petroleum Company LLC 0.54 0.10 0 0.47 0.10 0
Merck & Co., Inc. 0.43 0.12 0 1.63 0.00 0
Merichem Company 7.09 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Merisol USA LLC 1.58 0.79 0 0.00 0.00 0
Methanex Corporation 0.00 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Mexichem Fluor SA. de CV. 3.13 0.63 0 N/A N/A N/A
Milliken Chemical, A Division of Milliken & Company 0.42 0.00 0 1.05 0.00 0
Mitsubishi Chemical USA, Inc. 0.00 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc. 0.63 0.63 0 N/A N/A N/A
Monsanto Company 0.39 0.13 0 1.23 0.37 0
MWV Specialty Chemicals 2.98 1.42 0 1.32 1.32 0
Nalco 0.77 0.24 0 0.81 0.41 0
Niacet Corporation 10.00 9.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
NOVA Chemicals, Inc. 1.57 0.14 0 3.02 0.00 0
Nova Molecular Technologies, Inc. 3.73 3.73 0 N/A N/A N/A
Occidental Chemical Corporation 0.57 0.25 0 0.50 0.12 0
Olin Corporation 1.61 0.35 0 1.70 0.48 0
OM GROUP, INC. 1.69 1.69 0 0.00 0.00 0
OMNOVA Solutions, Inc. 3.26 0.77 0 N/A N/A N/A
Perstorp Polyols, Inc. 1.02 1.02 0 N/A N/A N/A
PPG Industries, Inc. 2.38 0.71 0 N/A N/A N/A
PQ Corporation 2.67 0.70 0 N/A N/A N/A
Praxair, Inc. 0.97 0.04 0 0.20 0.04 0
Procter & Gamble, Chemicals Division 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0
PVS Chemicals, Inc. 5.74 1.79 0 N/A N/A N/A
R. T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc. 3.37 1.96 0 N/A N/A N/A
Rhodia Inc. 0.45 0.06 0 0.82 0.00 0
Roche Colorado Corporation 1.01 0.00 0 2.66 1.33 0
Royal DSM N.V. 1.80 0.32 0 0.73 0.29 0
Sartomer Company, Inc. 1.47 0.00 0 1.27 1.27 0
Searles Valley Minerals 3.18 0.93 0 3.39 3.39 0
Shell Chemical LP 0.79 0.25 0 0.12 0.04 0
SI Group 0.18 0.18 0 2.96 0.00 0
Sika Corporation 4.02 0.87 0 N/A N/A N/A
SNF Holding Company 2.33 1.36 0 6.20 1.03 0
Solutia Inc. 1.17 0.40 0 0.72 0.24 0
Solvay America, Inc. 0.93 0.25 0 1.34 0.45 0
Stepan Company 2.61 0.90 0 0.00 0.00 0
Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc. 0.00 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
Sunoco, Inc. 0.81 0.30 0 0.52 0.06 0
Texas Brine Company, LLC 2.51 1.25 0 N/A N/A N/A
The HallStar Company 0.90 0.00 0 N/A N/A N/A
The Lubrizol Corporation 1.39 0.38 0 1.67 0.30 0
The Shepherd Chemical Company 2.20 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0
Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. 1.28 0.43 0 0.49 0.20 0
TPC Group Inc. 1.90 0.52 0 N/A N/A N/A
Univar Inc. 3.01 0.51 0 N/A N/A N/A
VanDeMark Chemical Inc.            
Vertellus Specialties Inc. 2.61 0.35 0 N/A N/A N/A
Vertex Chemical Corporation 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0
W.R. Grace & Co. 1.06 0.03 0 2.33 0.67 0
Wacker Chemical Corporation 2.92 0.78 0 4.99 0.00 0
If you do not see a member of the ACC in the above listed companies, those companies are either new ACC members that will begin reporting on the above performance measure in the future, or have no U.S. operations whereby this performance measure applies.
 
About These Data
N/A in the contractor injury and illness rate columns indicates that the company was below the ACC reporting threshold for contractor employee hours. The ACC deminimis reporting level is set at 20,000 worker hours per facility annually.

ACC’s commitment to make performance information publicly available began in 2004. At that time, ACC released the most current data for its members for each of the performance measures. Individual companies have the option of reporting additional years of historic data, and some companies have taken that option. Companies also have the ability to post comments to their data to help put the information in context. If no data are shown for a company for the current reporting year, it means that they have not submitted data to ACC. All member companies are required under Responsible Care to submit performance data on an annual basis. Failure to do so evokes a governance process whereby companies will be expected to submit information or leave ACC membership.

All criteria for classifying injuries, illnesses and fatalities is consistent with those prescribed by OSHA for annual record keeping purposes.