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

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio

Van Wert, OH · ~86 workers · 5 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

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio runs at 62% 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.

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio: 2.1 TCR = 62% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio safety composite

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−3.1

2016→2020

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio injury rate improved

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Van Wert, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #19/44
  • PHOTO Washington Penn - V-…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Washington Penn - V-BAT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio averages 2.1 TCR (62% 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

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio falls in its industry

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 44 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Ohio.

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio (86 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio
Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio (86 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Continental Structural Plastics, Van Wert, Ohio has more 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.3 2.2 3 0 0
2017 3.8 1.3 3 0 0
2016 3.1 1.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · OH · Van Wert

342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 48 employers in Van Wert, OH · 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 Washington Penn - V-BAT 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eovations 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clariant Minneapolis 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR A. Schulman Inc. - La Porte TX 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Preferred Real Estate Investments Inc 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Welty Building Company 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Custom Agri Systems - Napoleon 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE 104157 - Timber Road IV Wind Farm 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR VAN WERT OH 951 FTE
CITY-NEAR Danfoss Power Solutions II, LLC 840 FTE
CITY-NEAR VW Cooked Meats Plant 685 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooper Farms Cooked Meats 597 FTE
NAT-TCR Hercules Steel 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PlastiComp, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Morris Publishing Group LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Falcon Distribution Center 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE BWAY Corporation 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE S&S Concrete Floors, Inc 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highland Park Market of Suffield, LLC 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plouse Precision Manufacturing 86 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: 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.