Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing · Tennessee

Barku Plastics, LLC.

Cleveland, TN · ~25 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Barku Plastics, LLC. runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Barku Plastics, LLC.: 8.1 TCR = 244% of Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Barku Plastics, LLC. safety composite

Barku Plastics, LLC. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.8

2016→2022

Barku Plastics, LLC. injury rate improved

Barku Plastics, LLC.'s TCR fell 9.8 from 13.1 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.1 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=14.8 · 2022=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · Cleveland, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 244% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/14
  • PHOTO Excell USA, Inc
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Excell USA, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Barku Plastics, LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Barku Plastics, LLC. averages 8.1 TCR (244% of the Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Barku Plastics, LLC. TCR series: 2016=13.1 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=4 · 2020=8 · 2021=14.8 · 2022=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Barku Plastics, LLC. falls in its industry

448 Blow molding machinery for pla establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 14 Blow molding machinery for pla employers in Tennessee.

Barku Plastics, LLC. (25 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Barku Plastics, LLC.
Barku Plastics, LLC. (25 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Barku Plastics, LLC. has fewer employees than the Blow molding machinery for plastics manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2022 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 14.8 11.1 4 0 0
2020 8.0 8.0 2 0 0
2019 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2018 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2017 8.7 4.4 2 0 0
2016 13.1 13.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · TN · Cleveland

448 Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 157 employers in Cleveland, TN · 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 Excell USA, Inc 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hustler Conveyor Company 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR EnviroKinetics, Inc. 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plaspros 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE B&B Sawmill, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Union City UCY1 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE UCEMC Corporate 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8018168 - Nashville Federal Courthouse 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR CLEVELAND PACKERS 6,804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cleveland Clinic 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primary Care Cleveland 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whirlpool 1,544 FTE
NAT-TCR Golden Empire Transit District 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 0539 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Van Gorp Corporation 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Goose Creek 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Harbor View Marine 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE First Source Worldwide, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glendale Ready Mix 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pillager Middle School 25 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, 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.