Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing · West Virginia

APG Polytech

Apple Grove, WV · ~156 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

APG Polytech runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

APG Polytech: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

APG Polytech safety composite

APG Polytech scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−2.6

2018→2024

APG Polytech injury rate improved

APG Polytech's TCR fell 2.6 from 5.0 in 2018 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.0 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Apple Grove, WV AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Houston P Facility
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~156 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Houston P Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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APG Polytech in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows APG Polytech averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

APG Polytech TCR series: 2018=5 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where APG Polytech falls in its industry

644 Polyethylene terephathalate (P establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Polyethylene terephathalate (P employers in West Virginia.

APG Polytech (156 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate APG Polytech
APG Polytech (156 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

APG Polytech has more employees than the Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 2.4 1.8 3 1 0
2023 3.4 2.8 6 0 0
2022 2.1 1.6 4 0 0
2021 3.6 3.6 6 0 0
2020 1.8 1.2 2 1 0
2019 1.3 0.7 2 0 0
2018 5.0 5.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · WV · Apple Grove

644 Polyethylene terephathalate (PET) resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 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 Houston P Facility 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minneapolis Plant 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR RheTech, LLC - Whitmore Lake 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indorama Ventures Sustainable Solutions LLC 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 029-00784 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2538 - Martinsburg 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE Washington (Dupont Road) 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE TRIADELPHIA WV - 3368 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel West Virginia, LLC 104 FTE
NAT-TCR Location 34 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodrich Elementary School 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Milan Fresh 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Three Way Logistics 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Medical Center 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Villa Park Strathmore 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Niagara Bottling, LLC - Mooresville 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Sky Dairy 156 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.