Starch glues manufacturing · Kentucky

Berry Plastics

Franklin, KY · ~454 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berry Plastics runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Starch glues manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Berry Plastics: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Starch glues manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berry Plastics safety composite

Berry Plastics scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−1.4

2016→2018

Berry Plastics injury rate improved

Berry Plastics's TCR fell 1.4 from 2.6 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Franklin, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO US Gypsum Port Reading
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~454 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Gypsum Port Reading (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berry Plastics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berry Plastics averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Starch glues manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Berry Plastics TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Berry Plastics falls in its industry

287 Starch glues manufacturing establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Starch glues manufacturing employers in Kentucky.

Berry Plastics (454 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 Berry Plastics
Berry Plastics (454 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Berry Plastics has more employees than the Starch glues manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2018 1.1 1.0 5 1 0
2017 2.6 1.7 11 1 0
2016 2.6 1.5 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · KY · Franklin

287 Starch glues manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 62 employers in Franklin, KY · 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 US Gypsum Port Reading 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Gypsum Chamblee 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adhesive Systems, Inc 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAPEI Dalton #2 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE KY-SHEPH01-Shepherdsville - Warehouse Address 454 FTE
STATE-SIZE double kwik West Liberty 454 FTE
STATE-SIZE double kwik Justiceville 454 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meritor 453 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0499 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin Precision Industry, Inc. 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global Franklin KY 549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global Group 504 FTE
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #765 (Mountain View, WY) 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bemis North America - Des Moines 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR IHE dba Interim Healthcare of West Central FL 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Marietta Corporation-Central Ave Properties Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Green 454 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jill Acquisition LLC - Tilton Operations Center 454 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Center 454 FTE
NAT-SIZE Master Lock Company LLC Milwaukee Facility 454 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: 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.