Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Indiana

Better Way Products New Paris

New Paris, IN · ~270 workers · 9 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

Better Way Products New Paris runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Better Way Products New Paris: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Better Way Products New Paris safety composite

Better Way Products New Paris scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−1.1

2016→2024

Better Way Products New Paris injury rate improved

Better Way Products New Paris's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.5 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · New Paris, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #40/143
  • PHOTO Estill SC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 54 inj
  • SIZE ~270 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Estill SC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Better Way Products New Paris in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Better Way Products New Paris averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Better Way Products New Paris TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=0.4 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Better Way Products New Paris falls in its industry

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 143 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Indiana.

Better Way Products New Paris (270 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Better Way Products New Paris
Better Way Products New Paris (270 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Better Way Products New Paris has more employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 1.4 1.4 3 0 0
2023 1.3 0.7 4 0 0
2022 2.1 1.3 8 0 0
2021 3.7 3.2 13 0 0
2020 1.9 1.4 4 0 0
2019 0.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 3.1 2.1 9 1 0
2017 2.1 1.4 6 0 0
2016 2.5 1.1 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IN · New Paris

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 8 employers in New Paris, IN · 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 Estill SC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Iceberg Enterprises 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMANTI ART 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vinventions USA, LLC 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Hamstra Group, Inc. 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holsum of Fort Wayne 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE General Stamping & Metalworks- South Bend 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dometic - LaGrange 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smoker Craft Inc 685 FTE
CITY-NEAR 149 LCI 388 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smart LLC 330 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top 162 FTE
NAT-TCR Stilsing Electric, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AMP-Cherokee Environmental Solutions 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Munschauer, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Glen Island Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE General Tool Company 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Semblex Corporation 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saint Joseph Living Center 270 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri Dal, LLC 270 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.