Glass packaging containers manufacturing · Louisiana

Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston

Simsboro, LA · ~311 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Glass packaging containers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Glass packaging containers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston safety composite

Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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

−7.0

2016→2024

Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston injury rate improved

Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston's TCR fell 7.0 from 7.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327213 · Simsboro, LA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P56
  • PHOTO Owens-Brockway Glass…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 82 inj
  • SIZE ~311 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. Plant 19. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Glass packaging containers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=5.4 · 2018=5 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=5 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=0.4 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston falls in its industry

98 Glass packaging containers man establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston (311 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 236 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston
Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston (311 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 236 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Ardagh Glass Inc Ruston has more employees than the Glass packaging containers manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2021 5.5 2.1 5 8 0
2020 5.0 0.5 6 5 0
2019 4.4 2.4 10 3 0
2018 5.0 1.2 15 6 0
2017 5.4 1.9 21 7 0
2016 7.0 2.0 23 12 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327213 · LA · Simsboro

98 Glass packaging containers manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 6 employers in Simsboro, LA · 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 Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. Plant 19. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Owens Illinois 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ardagh Glass Inc Sapulpa 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Owens Illinois - Bowling Green Plant 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hood Container StFrancisville 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Specialties, LLC. 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE HoneywellLA04 310 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 309 310 FTE
CITY-NEAR Simsboro Composites 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arcadia OSB 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR ARCADIA 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mid-States Wood Preservers Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-TCR RTAA 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR FAA Custodial 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 12628 E 75 N, Loogootee, IN 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 3074 Keystone 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marquette Branch Prison 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE SJU San Juan Airport 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE A113 Antech New York Lab 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jolly Roofing & Contracting Company Overall 311 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.