Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing · Iowa

Core Plastech Waterloo

Waterloo, IA · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Core Plastech Waterloo runs at 324% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Core Plastech Waterloo: 10.7 TCR = 324% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Core Plastech Waterloo safety composite

Core Plastech Waterloo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

−404.9

2022→2024

Core Plastech Waterloo injury rate improved

Core Plastech Waterloo's TCR fell 404.9 from 415.6 in 2022 to 10.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 415.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=415.6 · 2024=10.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 324% of ind

  • DART 10.7 DART
  • RANK #51/63
  • PHOTO PPD USA Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PPD USA Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Core Plastech Waterloo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Core Plastech Waterloo averages 10.7 TCR (324% of the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Core Plastech Waterloo TCR series: 2022=415.6 · 2024=10.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Core Plastech Waterloo falls in its industry

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 63 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in Iowa.

Core Plastech Waterloo (50 employees, TCR 10.7) 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 Core Plastech Waterloo
Core Plastech Waterloo (50 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Core Plastech Waterloo has fewer employees than the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manu 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
2024 10.7 10.7 4 0 0
2022 415.6 415.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IA · Waterloo

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, IA · 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 PPD USA Inc 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR HARVEY BUILDING PRODUCTS, LONDONDERRY NH 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ames Industries, Inc 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cascade 10.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux Jerseys, LLP 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEABOARD FOODS LP IOWA ADMIN 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brenneman Pork, LLLP 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northeast Iowa Artificial Insemination Inc. 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hawk County Extension 4,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterloo Pork Plant 2,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint 2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations 1,605 FTE
NAT-TCR PCC Community Markets - Fremont 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR TransPak - DIV 116 Livermore 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Greenwood House Sr Health Care 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Prov-La-St Johns Hth 10.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 129-DREES-HOUSTON 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caswell House 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altorfer Inc. - Springfield, IL - 4949 International Parkway 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henry Bros. Co. 50 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, 2022. 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.