Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Pennsylvania
AGCCA Thorndale Plant
Downingtown, PA · ~59 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
AGCCA Thorndale Plant runs at 238% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade F.
AGCCA Thorndale Plant: 7.8 TCR = 238% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
AGCCA Thorndale Plant safety composite
AGCCA Thorndale Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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%).
Rising injury rate
AGCCA Thorndale Plant: 5.1 → 12.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 14.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2023
AGCCA Thorndale Plant's TCR rose 7.2 from 5.1 in 2017 to 12.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325991 · Downingtown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 238% of ind
- DART 6.9 DART
- RANK #21/24
- PHOTO Foster West Corporat…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~59 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Foster West Corporation (0.2 TCR gap)
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AGCCA Thorndale Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Universal Cons
Universal Consumer Products INC
8.2 TCR
- Foster West Co
Foster West Corporation
8 TCR
- This site
AGCCA Thorndale Plant
7.8 TCR
- Buckeye Polyme
Buckeye Polymers, Inc
7.5 TCR
- Mesa Fully For
Mesa Fully Formed, LLC - Mesa
7.5 TCR
What this shows AGCCA Thorndale Plant averages 7.8 TCR (238% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).
AGCCA Thorndale Plant TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=14.4 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=12.3 · BLS 3.3
Where AGCCA Thorndale Plant falls in its industry
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishmentsSafer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 24 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Pennsylvania.
AGCCA Thorndale Plant has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.3 | 6.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325991 · PA · Downingtown
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 74 employers in Downingtown, PA · 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 | Foster West Corporation | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Buckeye Polymers, Inc | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Universal Consumer Products INC | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mesa Fully Formed, LLC - Mesa | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dan Schantz Greenhouse (Pipersville, PA) | 59 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North Creek Nurseries, Inc. | 59 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eddystone Generating Station | 59 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | S&A Homes, Inc. | 59 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Downingtown | 500 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wegmans Downingtown 050 | 496 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pepperidge Farms | 281 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foodservice : DOWNINGTOWN | 269 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | RK-080-Heath ( RK-080 ) | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Institutes of Applied Human Dynamics Inc | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bloomingdale Care Operating Company | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Medi-Trans, Inc. | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | High School | 59 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Able Sheet Metal & AC | 59 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Redgate Memorial Recovery Center | 59 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Archer Corporation | 59 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.