Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing · Connecticut
American Plastic Products, Inc._
Waterbury, CT · ~44 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
American Plastic Products, Inc._ runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
American Plastic Products, Inc._: 8.0 TCR = 243% of Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
American Plastic Products, Inc._ safety composite
American Plastic Products, Inc._ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% 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
American Plastic Products, Inc._: 3.6 → 5.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 19.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.73× in 2022
American Plastic Products, Inc._'s TCR rose 2.2 from 3.6 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 19.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326199 · Waterbury, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 243% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #28/33
- PHOTO Core Molding Technol…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~44 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Core Molding Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)
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American Plastic Products, Inc._ in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
American Plastic Products, Inc._
8 TCR
- Core Molding T
Core Molding Technologies
8 TCR
- 6565-Custom Pu
6565-Custom Pultrusions-Main
8 TCR
- Hayward Indust
Hayward Industries
8 TCR
- Toter - Salt L
Toter - Salt Lake City
8 TCR
What this shows American Plastic Products, Inc._ averages 8.0 TCR (243% of the Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
American Plastic Products, Inc._ TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=9.7 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=19.4 · 2022=5.8 · BLS 3.3
Where American Plastic Products, Inc._ falls in its industry
2,838 Awnings, rigid plastics or fib establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 33 Awnings, rigid plastics or fib employers in Connecticut.
American Plastic Products, Inc._ has fewer employees than the Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19.4 | 13.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326199 · CT · Waterbury
2,838 Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 218 employers in Waterbury, CT · 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 | Core Molding Technologies | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6565-Custom Pultrusions-Main | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hayward Industries | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Toter - Salt Lake City | 8.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Water Division | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Michels Pipe Services- CT | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FOLEY'S PUMP SERVICE | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Weatherproof and New England Smart Energy | 44 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saint Mary's Hospital | 1,654 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waterbury Hospital | 1,472 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hartford-Saint Mary's Hospital | 1,292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Naugatuck Valley Community College | 1,277 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Seafood City Supermarket - Milpitas | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Monterey RotoCo Inc | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Quad Cities Branch | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 9273-FDS | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Walters Produce Inc. | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Office Interiors of Virginia, Inc. | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Home Health Care | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NexGen Power Systems | 44 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.