Polystyrene resins manufacturing · Kentucky

Dart Container Polymers

Owensboro, KY · ~176 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dart Container Polymers runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Polystyrene resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Dart Container Polymers: 1.0 TCR = 29% of Polystyrene resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dart Container Polymers safety composite

Dart Container Polymers scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−2.3

2016→2023

Dart Container Polymers injury rate improved

Dart Container Polymers's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/23
  • PHOTO Spherotech
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spherotech (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dart Container Polymers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dart Container Polymers averages 1.0 TCR (29% of the Polystyrene resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dart Container Polymers TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Dart Container Polymers falls in its industry

644 Polystyrene resins manufacturi establishments

Safer than 71% 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 #10 safest of 23 Polystyrene resins manufacturi employers in Kentucky.

Dart Container Polymers (176 employees, TCR 1.0) 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 Dart Container Polymers
Dart Container Polymers (176 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Dart Container Polymers has more employees than the Polystyrene 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2018 2.6 0.5 5 0 0
2017 1.7 1.1 3 0 0
2016 2.3 2.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · KY · Owensboro

644 Polystyrene 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 Spherotech 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR COIM West Deptford 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR INEOS Neville Island Plant 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SABIC Bay St. Louis Facility 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE A & G Tree Service, Inc. 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mercy Health Marcum and Wallace Hospital 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE AE Electrical Solutions 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisville Distribution 175 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 Loyola Center for Health Palos South Campus 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #472 SUFFOLK, VA 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR BrandSafway Solutions, LLC - Salt Lake City Branch 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1494 JASPER, AL 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Newtown 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Progressive Converting Appleton 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE King County Human Resources 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community (dba The Culpeper) 176 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.