Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing · Ohio

American Excelsior Company Norwalk

Norwalk, OH · ~56 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Excelsior Company Norwalk runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

American Excelsior Company Norwalk: 7.4 TCR = 223% of Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Excelsior Company Norwalk safety composite

American Excelsior Company Norwalk scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−14.7

2016→2024

American Excelsior Company Norwalk injury rate improved

American Excelsior Company Norwalk's TCR fell 14.7 from 16.0 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.0 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=14.3 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Norwalk, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 223% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #23/26
  • PHOTO Carcoustics USA Sout…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carcoustics USA South Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Excelsior Company Norwalk in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Excelsior Company Norwalk averages 7.4 TCR (223% of the Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

American Excelsior Company Norwalk TCR series: 2016=16 · 2017=12.4 · 2018=14.3 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 3.3

Where American Excelsior Company Norwalk falls in its industry

474 Foam plastics products (except establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 26 Foam plastics products (except employers in Ohio.

American Excelsior Company Norwalk (56 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American Excelsior Company Norwalk
American Excelsior Company Norwalk (56 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

American Excelsior Company Norwalk has fewer employees than the Foam plastics products (except polystren 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 1.2 1.2 2 0 0
2023 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2022 4.9 1.6 3 0 0
2021 5.2 0.0 3 0 0
2020 7.2 5.4 4 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 2 0 0
2018 14.3 12.2 7 0 0
2017 12.4 10.3 6 0 0
2016 16.0 10.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · OH · Norwalk

474 Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 60 employers in Norwalk, 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 Carcoustics USA South Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foam Design, Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodbridge Corporation Atlanta 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BLACHFORD INC. 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rindler Poultry LLC 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton General Service Center 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 919-NiSource-Chillicothe OH-Three Rivers Op 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 977-NiSource-Findlay OH-Lake Erie Op Ctr 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fisher Titus Medical Center 1,024 FTE
CITY-NEAR R+L Carriers - NOR 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1986 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR Borgers 337 FTE
NAT-TCR Agricover 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR R+L Carriers - COL 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR R+L Carriers - BUF 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 139 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Willow Dale Wellness Village 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rinchem Company - CSC 14 Chandler 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hofmann Eau Claire Plant 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Triplett Wellman, Inc. 56 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.