Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing · South Dakota

Benchmark Foam Inc

Watertown, SD · ~91 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Benchmark Foam Inc runs at 270% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Benchmark Foam Inc: 8.9 TCR = 270% of Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benchmark Foam Inc safety composite

Benchmark Foam Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).

F

3/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

Benchmark Foam Inc: 7.2 → 20.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 20.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.34× in 2024

Benchmark Foam Inc's TCR rose 13.7 from 7.2 in 2016 to 20.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Watertown, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 270% of ind

  • DART 11.9 DART
  • RANK P7
  • PHOTO Cellofoam-Conyers, G…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cellofoam-Conyers, GA-ROTO (0.1 TCR gap)

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Benchmark Foam Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benchmark Foam Inc averages 8.9 TCR (270% of the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Benchmark Foam Inc TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=4.4 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=8.9 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=20.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Benchmark Foam Inc falls in its industry

260 Polystyrene foam packaging man establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Benchmark Foam Inc (91 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Benchmark Foam Inc
Benchmark Foam Inc (91 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Benchmark Foam Inc has more employees than the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 20.8 11.9 14 0 0
2023 4.7 2.4 4 0 0
2022 10.3 3.1 7 3 0
2021 8.9 4.4 8 0 0
2020 4.3 1.4 3 0 0
2019 4.4 2.2 4 0 0
2018 13.3 4.1 13 0 0
2017 6.3 3.8 5 0 0
2016 7.2 1.4 4 1 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · SD · Watertown

260 Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 80 employers in Watertown, SD · 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 Cellofoam-Conyers, GA-ROTO 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR IWT - Salisbury 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Storopack, Inc. - Winston Salem 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cellox, LLC 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Demmer Investments IV, Inc. dba Quality Tool (SD) 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Curt 141 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE FAREWAY STORES, INC. 164 SIOUX FALLS 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3031-Novak Sanitary Service 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Lakes Healthcare System 611 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Lakes Healthcare 601 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terex - Watertown 598 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1500 352 FTE
NAT-TCR Service Minds LLC DBA Mister Sparky Ben Franklin Plumbing One Hour Air Tampa 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Incas - Castleton 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gaalb - Albany Center 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mapit - Pittsfield 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Leonhardt Manufacturing 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pratt (Target Container), Inc 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amco American Roofing Co 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 048 91 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.

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

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