Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing · Kentucky

Dart Container, Inc. of KY

Horse Cave, KY · ~1,424 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dart Container, Inc. of KY runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Dart Container, Inc. of KY: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dart Container, Inc. of KY safety composite

Dart Container, Inc. of KY scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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)
B 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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%).

Dart Container, Inc. of KY held a steady TCR band

Dart Container, Inc. of KY's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.5 in 2019 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.5 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Horse Cave, KY AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO Tallmadge Plant
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~1,424 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tallmadge Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dart Container, Inc. of KY in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dart Container, Inc. of KY averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dart Container, Inc. of KY TCR series: 2019=1.5 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Dart Container, Inc. of KY falls in its industry

260 Polystyrene foam packaging man establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Polystyrene foam packaging man employers in Kentucky.

Dart Container, Inc. of KY (1,424 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dart Container, Inc. of KY
Dart Container, Inc. of KY (1,424 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Dart Container, Inc. of KY has more employees than the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing 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 1.3 0.5 17 0 0
2019 1.5 1.0 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · KY · Horse Cave

260 Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 9 employers in Horse Cave, 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 Tallmadge Plant 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WinCup Corporate 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dart Container Horse Cave 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifoam Peabody 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6458-NOKY 1,431 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paschall Truck Lines, Inc 1,416 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ghent Kentrucky 1,440 FTE
STATE-SIZE Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR T. Marzetti Co. -- Horse Cave Drsg 673 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marzetti Company 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sister Schubert's 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR LP Horse Cave, LLC (Hart Co) 107 FTE
NAT-TCR HWCC-Tunica, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Roads District Complex 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cactus Drilling Rig 153 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Aiken ORR (BAMG) 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Niagara Bottling, LLC - Corporate 1,424 FTE
NAT-SIZE LEGOLAND Florida Resort 1,424 FTE
NAT-SIZE Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC 1,425 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solar Turbines Inc. 2200 Pacific Hwy 1,425 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.