Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Texas

CE Shepherd Canada Dry

Houston, TX · ~47 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CE Shepherd Canada Dry runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade B.

CE Shepherd Canada Dry: 1.8 TCR = 53% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CE Shepherd Canada Dry safety composite

CE Shepherd Canada Dry scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−4.1

2017→2024

CE Shepherd Canada Dry injury rate improved

CE Shepherd Canada Dry's TCR fell 4.1 from 4.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 53% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/28
  • PHOTO Hexpol Compounding
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hexpol Compounding (0.0 TCR gap)

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CE Shepherd Canada Dry in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CE Shepherd Canada Dry averages 1.8 TCR (53% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).

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

CE Shepherd Canada Dry TCR series: 2017=4.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where CE Shepherd Canada Dry falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 28 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Texas.

CE Shepherd Canada Dry (47 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate CE Shepherd Canada Dry
CE Shepherd Canada Dry (47 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

CE Shepherd Canada Dry has fewer employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2021 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · TX · Houston

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 Hexpol Compounding 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Penn Color Ringgold 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR So.F.teR US, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grabill 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Blackstone Dilworth 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hartley Feeders 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handley Station 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. Pearsall Energy Center 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Millborn Seeds 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Fletcher 61 Terminal Dr 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Colorado Springs 7770 Milton E Proby Pkwy 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Plains Otter Tail LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Worldwide Perishables 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parma 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parvin-Clauss Sign Co. Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patriot Energy Solutions Corp 47 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. 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.