Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing · Tennessee
Creative Foam - Athens
Athens, TN · ~175 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Creative Foam - Athens runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Creative Foam - Athens: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Creative Foam - Athens safety composite
Creative Foam - Athens scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Creative Foam - Athens: 0.0 → 1.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2024
Creative Foam - Athens's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2022 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326150 · Athens, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind
- DART 1.5 DART
- RANK #6/20
- PHOTO FXI, Inc. - Baldwyn …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~175 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: FXI, Inc. - Baldwyn AIE (0.0 TCR gap)
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Creative Foam - Athens in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Creative Foam - Athens
1.1 TCR
- FXI, Inc. - Ba
FXI, Inc. - Baldwyn AIE
1.1 TCR
- Innocor Foam T
Innocor Foam Technologies - ACP, Inc. - Elkhart Fab
1.1 TCR
- Time Release S
Time Release Sciences Inc.
1.1 TCR
- Worldwide Foam
Worldwide Foam
1.1 TCR
What this shows Creative Foam - Athens averages 1.1 TCR (34% of the Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Creative Foam - Athens TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Creative Foam - Athens falls in its industry
474 Cushions, carpet and rug, uret establishmentsSafer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 20 Cushions, carpet and rug, uret employers in Tennessee.
Creative Foam - Athens has more employees than the Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and o median and a lower 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 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326150 · TN · Athens
474 Cushions, carpet and rug, urethane and other foam plastics (except polystrene), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 77 employers in Athens, TN · 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 | FXI, Inc. - Baldwyn AIE | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Innocor Foam Technologies - ACP, Inc. - Elkhart Fab | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Time Release Sciences Inc. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Worldwide Foam | 1.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | T.W. Frierson Contractor, Inc | 175 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Scapa Healthcare | 175 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Advanced Composites TN Plant | 175 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pulaski | 175 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC | 1,659 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DENSO Manufacturing Athens, TN INC | 1,638 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Starr Regional Medical Center | 603 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adient Athens | 540 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Superior Washer & Gasket Corp. South Carolina | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jabil Inc | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | IG Burton of Lewes | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kollmorgen 501 W. Main St. | 1.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | D.H. Griffin Infrastructure LLC | 175 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clairon Metals Corporation | 175 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eagle River Homes, LLC | 175 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hewes Marine Company | 175 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.