Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Alabama

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley

Name: Ascend Performance Materials, Foley Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Foley, AL · ~90 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade A.

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley safety composite

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley held a steady TCR band

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.0 in 2021 to 1.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.0 · 2022=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Foley, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK #2/13
PHOTO Westlake Compounds, …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Westlake Compounds, LLC., Prairie (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Ascend Performance Materials, Foley averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley TCR series: 2021=1 · 2022=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Ascend Performance Materials, Foley falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 13 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Alabama.

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley (90 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Ascend Performance Materials, Foley has more employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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	1.0	1.0	1	0	0
2021	1.0	1.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · AL · Foley

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 48 employers in Foley, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Westlake Compounds, LLC., Prairie	PRAIRIE, MS	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1660 Venture Blvd	BEDFORD, VA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	geon performance solutions	TERRE HAUTE, IN	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	A Schulman Inc.	EVANSVILLE, IN	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Auburn Electrical Construction Co., Inc.	AUBURN	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BM6	SELMA	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Buffalo Rock Tuscaloosa	TUSCALOOSA	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clayton Tiny Homes	ADDISON	90 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rohr Inc (Foley AL)	Foley	778 FTE
CITY-NEAR	South Baldwin Regional Medical Center	Foley	754 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Goodrich - Aerostructures (OEM & MRO)	Foley	718 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Foley (240)	Foley	718 FTE
NAT-TCR	Best Line Equipment - Harrisburg	Harrisburg, PA	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hydrodec of North America, LLC.	Canton, OH	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sullivan's Stockton Store	Stockton, IL	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Advantech - Milpitas, California	Milpitas, CA	1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Green Prairie Rehabilitation and Assisted Living	Plainview, MN	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lexington Square of Lombard	Lombard, IL	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pls, LLC	Virginia Beach, VA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Parsec Columbus	Cincinnati, OH	90 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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