Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Kentucky
Blue Star Plastics
Lexington, KY · ~97 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blue Star Plastics runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Blue Star Plastics: 4.9 TCR = 149% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blue Star Plastics safety composite
Blue Star Plastics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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
Blue Star Plastics: 2.4 → 5.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2023
Blue Star Plastics's TCR rose 2.9 from 2.4 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326199 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 149% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #47/59
- PHOTO Edgewater Door Co. LLC
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~97 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Edgewater Door Co. LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blue Star Plastics in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Blue Star Plastics
4.9 TCR
- Edgewater Door
Edgewater Door Co. LLC
4.9 TCR
- Plant 5
Plant 5
4.9 TCR
- Piercan USA In
Piercan USA Inc.
4.9 TCR
- vonDrehle Blue
vonDrehle Blue Ridge Molding
4.9 TCR
What this shows Blue Star Plastics averages 4.9 TCR (149% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Blue Star Plastics TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2022=7 · 2023=5.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Blue Star Plastics falls in its industry
2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 59 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Kentucky.
Blue Star Plastics has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326199 · KY · Lexington
2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, 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 | Edgewater Door Co. LLC | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant 5 | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Piercan USA Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | vonDrehle Blue Ridge Molding | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wehr Constructors, Inc. | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | White Castle Distributing LLC - Covington | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Academy Manufacturing | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Arandell Kentucky LLC. | 97 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County | 11,013 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UK Healthcare | 9,922 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont | 3,933 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | YMCA of Central Ky - High Street | 3,895 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Royal Wholesale Electric (PC5349) | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | American Mechanical, inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Onion River Cooperative, DBA City Market South End | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Industrial Riggers | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Aerospace : Jacksonville STR | 97 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gilbert Electric Co. | 97 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 55853 Milwaukee | 97 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 55445 Burnsville | 97 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.