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

Ascend Performance Materials - Foley

Foley, AL · ~98 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ascend Performance Materials - Foley runs at 44% 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: 1.4 TCR = 44% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascend Performance Materials - Foley safety composite

Ascend Performance Materials - Foley scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

Ascend Performance Materials - Foley: 1.0 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 2.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.36× in 2020

Ascend Performance Materials - Foley's TCR rose 1.0 from 1.0 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 44% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #3/13
  • PHOTO PolyOne Corporation …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PolyOne Corporation Kennesaw (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ascend Performance Materials - Foley in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ascend Performance Materials - Foley averages 1.4 TCR (44% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

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

Ascend Performance Materials - Foley TCR series: 2017=1 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Ascend Performance Materials - Foley falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Alabama.

Ascend Performance Materials - Foley (98 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ascend Performance Materials - Foley
Ascend Performance Materials - Foley (98 employees, TCR 1.4) 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
2020 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2019 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2017 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR PolyOne Corporation Kennesaw 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Composites 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geon Performance Solutions Pasadena 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Altium Packaging - Reidsville 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pritchett Forestry Services Inc. 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Division Anniston Office 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE EFP Decatur 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lear Corporation - Selma 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rohr Inc (Foley AL) 778 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Baldwin Regional Medical Center 754 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodrich - Aerostructures (OEM & MRO) 718 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foley (240) 718 FTE
NAT-TCR CA.SAN F.154 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Exterminators Maryville 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wall Systems 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SSC Store Support Center 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Warmng & Ventilating 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Process Displays LLC - Solid 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE 106 - Sheppard Trainer Maintenance, Tx 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hankin Group 98 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.