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
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.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares DeKALB Molded Plastics's OSHA Total Case Rate of 10.7 to the Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (324% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
DeKALB Molded Plastics's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where DeKALB Molded Plastics falls in its industry
751 Resins, plastics (except custo establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 19 Resins, plastics (except custo employers in Indiana.
Trend analysis for DeKALB Molded Plastics
Between 2016 and 2020, DeKALB Molded Plastics's Total Case Rate improved from 8.6 to 5.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 32% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 5.9, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 16.8, a spread of 10.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, DeKALB Molded Plastics recorded 39 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 39 injuries, 3 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for DeKALB Molded Plastics are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 325211 - Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 101,852 hours worked = 1.96 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| DeKALB Molded Plastics (this establishment) | 10.69 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Alkyd resins manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 325211 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 4.53 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by DeKALB Molded Plastics to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 10 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 1 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 15 reportable incidents · 14 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 8 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on DeKALB Molded Plastics's reported OSHA injury record versus its Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 324% of the Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing benchmark, DeKALB Molded Plastics reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Resins, plastics (except custom compounding purchased resins), manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.