Foam polystyrene products manufacturing · Pennsylvania
Alleguard - Allentown
Allentown, PA · ~51 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Alleguard - Allentown runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Foam polystyrene products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Alleguard - Allentown: 7.0 TCR = 214% of Foam polystyrene products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Alleguard - Allentown safety composite
Alleguard - Allentown scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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
−0.9
2022→2024
Alleguard - Allentown injury rate improved
Alleguard - Allentown's TCR fell 0.9 from 10.0 in 2022 to 9.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=10.0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=9.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326140 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 214% of ind
- DART 6.8 DART
- RANK #10/10
- PHOTO Drew Foam of South C…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~51 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Drew Foam of South Carolina Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)
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Alleguard - Allentown in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Aqua Foam
Aqua Foam
7.2 TCR
- Drew Foam of S
Drew Foam of South Carolina Inc.
7.1 TCR
- This site
Alleguard - Allentown
7 TCR
- Republic Plast
Republic Plastics, Ltd. (AZ)
6.9 TCR
- Plymouth Foam
Plymouth Foam Gnadenhutten, OH
6.9 TCR
What this shows Alleguard - Allentown averages 7.0 TCR (214% of the Foam polystyrene products manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Alleguard - Allentown TCR series: 2022=10 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=9.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Alleguard - Allentown falls in its industry
260 Foam polystyrene products manu establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Foam polystyrene products manu employers in Pennsylvania.
Alleguard - Allentown has fewer employees than the Foam polystyrene products manufacturing 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 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326140 · PA · Allentown
260 Foam polystyrene products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, 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 | Drew Foam of South Carolina Inc. | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Aqua Foam | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Republic Plastics, Ltd. (AZ) | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plymouth Foam Gnadenhutten, OH | 6.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Regulated Fossil Support | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EUD Empire | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mechanicsburg | 51 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Allentown Office | 51 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lehigh Valley Hospital | 9,463 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1200SCC | 6,531 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus | 2,118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LOCATION 48042 | 1,728 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | East Coast Interiors | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - HLV1 | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - DET6 | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Duncaster | 7.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Blue Eagle Contracting, Inc. | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Republic services of Billing 4892 | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cathedral Corporation - Lincoln | 51 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HICAPS, Inc. | 51 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.