Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing · Indiana

DeKALB Molded Plastics

Butler, IN · ~74 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

DeKALB Molded Plastics runs at 324% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

DeKALB Molded Plastics: 10.7 TCR = 324% of Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DeKALB Molded Plastics safety composite

DeKALB Molded Plastics scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 29% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

12/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−2.7

2016→2020

DeKALB Molded Plastics injury rate improved

DeKALB Molded Plastics's TCR fell 2.7 from 8.6 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=16.8 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=12.7 · 2020=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Butler, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 324% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #15/17
  • PHOTO Durez Corporation Ke…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Durez Corporation Kenton (0.1 TCR gap)

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DeKALB Molded Plastics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DeKALB Molded Plastics averages 10.7 TCR (324% of the Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DeKALB Molded Plastics TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=16.8 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=12.7 · 2020=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where DeKALB Molded Plastics falls in its industry

644 Resins, plastics (except custo establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 17 Resins, plastics (except custo employers in Indiana.

DeKALB Molded Plastics (74 employees, TCR 10.7) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DeKALB Molded Plastics
DeKALB Molded Plastics (74 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

DeKALB Molded Plastics has more employees than the Resins, plastics (except custom compound median and a higher 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
2020 5.9 2.0 3 0 0
2019 12.7 2.8 8 1 1
2018 9.4 4.0 7 0 0
2017 16.8 7.8 14 1 0
2016 8.6 2.1 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · IN · Butler

644 Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 26 employers in Butler, IN · 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 Durez Corporation Kenton 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Durez Corporation Niagara Falls Plant 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milwaukee Composites, Inc. 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Astro Plastics - Georgia 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Homestead Main 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6678_15543 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southeastern Indiana REMC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE DJ Construction 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Therma Tru 947 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Butler 918 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steel Dynamics Flat Roll Group - Butler 780 FTE
CITY-NEAR Multimatic Indiana 338 FTE
NAT-TCR Progreso LMMM Valley#8, LLC 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4765-MSPPW9672 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hospice of Iredell County 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 158 10.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waste Industries Tidewater 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE MRG 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE NAP 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE C. and D. Distributors, Inc. 74 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: 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.