Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing · Missouri

Cascades Plastics, Inc.

Warrenton, MO · ~92 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cascades Plastics, Inc. runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Cascades Plastics, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 104% of Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cascades Plastics, Inc. safety composite

Cascades Plastics, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.3

2017→2024

Cascades Plastics, Inc. injury rate improved

Cascades Plastics, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.3 from 4.1 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.1 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Warrenton, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 104% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO Sealed Air Corporation
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sealed Air Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cascades Plastics, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cascades Plastics, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (104% 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

Cascades Plastics, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Cascades Plastics, Inc. falls in its industry

260 Polystyrene foam packaging man establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Polystyrene foam packaging man employers in Missouri.

Cascades Plastics, Inc. (92 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 Cascades Plastics, Inc.
Cascades Plastics, Inc. (92 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Cascades Plastics, 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 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · MO · Warrenton

260 Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 19 employers in Warrenton, MO · 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 Sealed Air Corporation 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lakeland EPS Plant 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foam Fabricators, Inc 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Styrene Products - Arcadia 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE BluSky - Earth City 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE JM Fahey Construction Company 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Citadel Electric Group, Inc. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE COATINGS UNLIMITED INC 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAF-HOLLAND Inc. - Warrenton 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1021 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1021 298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope Warrenton 128 FTE
NAT-TCR Madix Inc - Eclectic 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 09001-09-09-PORTLAND 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Colton CA Terminal 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ecobat Resources New York LLC 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Twin Pines North Nursing and Rehabilitation 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brush Masters Inc 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Woods Nursing Center 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smoot Construction 92 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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