Polyethylene resins manufacturing · Kentucky

Daramic Owensboro

Owensboro, KY · ~165 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Daramic Owensboro runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Polyethylene resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Daramic Owensboro: 1.1 TCR = 34% of Polyethylene resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Daramic Owensboro safety composite

Daramic Owensboro scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−0.5

2019→2024

Daramic Owensboro injury rate improved

Daramic Owensboro's TCR fell 0.5 from 1.4 in 2019 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.4 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Owensboro, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 34% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #13/23
  • PHOTO IST-Parlin
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~165 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IST-Parlin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Daramic Owensboro in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Daramic Owensboro averages 1.1 TCR (34% of the Polyethylene resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Daramic Owensboro TCR series: 2019=1.4 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Daramic Owensboro falls in its industry

644 Polyethylene resins manufactur establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 23 Polyethylene resins manufactur employers in Kentucky.

Daramic Owensboro (165 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Daramic Owensboro
Daramic Owensboro (165 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Daramic Owensboro has more employees than the Polyethylene resins manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2019 1.4 0.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · KY · Owensboro

644 Polyethylene resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, KY · 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 IST-Parlin 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miwon Specialty Chemicals USA 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PSR : Louisville Plant 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR North American Filtration 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ahlstrom-Munksjo Filtration LLC 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vivid Impact Company LLC 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leggett & Platt Inc. Adjustable Bed Group 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE NFI Parts - Louisville 165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Health Regional Hospital 2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Public Schools 969 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Independent 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish Match 816 FTE
NAT-TCR Castlerock Excavating, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Valley Chemical Corp 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Horton Inc 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Prestone Products Corporation 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE FHG, Inc. 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Groschopp 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Linear Motion 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milender White Construction CO 165 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, 2019. 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.