Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing · Nebraska

Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain

Omaha, NE · ~118 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain safety composite

Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

−10.2

2016→2024

Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain injury rate improved

Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain's TCR fell 10.2 from 11.7 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.7 · 2017=9.5 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Omaha, NE ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK P22
  • PHOTO Shelter Enterprises,…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~118 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shelter Enterprises, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain TCR series: 2016=11.7 · 2017=9.5 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain falls in its industry

260 Coolers or ice chests, polysty establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain (118 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain
Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain (118 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Airlite Plastics Co. Cold Chain has more employees than the Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024 1.6 1.6 2 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 4 0 0
2022 3.3 3.3 4 0 0
2021 3.9 3.1 5 0 0
2020 3.3 2.5 4 0 0
2019 5.8 3.9 6 0 0
2018 4.5 2.7 5 0 0
2017 9.5 4.3 11 0 0
2016 11.7 10.6 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · NE · Omaha

260 Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 1,135 employers in Omaha, NE · 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 Shelter Enterprises, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EFP Evansville 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cellofoam-Sallisaw, OK-BM/Shape/FAB (EPS) 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polyfoam LLC 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Habitat for Humanity of Omaha 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE RFT 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masonite Corporation - North Platte, NE 118 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louis Dreyfus Company - Norfolk 118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Drivers Management LLC/Over the Road Drivers 9,373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nebraska Medicine 8,728 FTE
CITY-NEAR FUSION MEDICAL STAFFING, LLC 2,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR 61830001 METHODIST HOSPITAL 2,861 FTE
NAT-TCR JAC 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Avera McKennan Hospital 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sioux City Truck & Trailer Inc 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sisbro, Inc. 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prairie Farms Dairy - Holland 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roseview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC 118 FTE
NAT-SIZE Standard Printing Company of Canton 118 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.