Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing · Texas

Desoto EPS Plant

Desoto, TX · ~20 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Desoto EPS Plant runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Desoto EPS Plant: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Desoto EPS Plant safety composite

Desoto EPS Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Desoto EPS Plant: 0.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.85× in 2022

Desoto EPS Plant's TCR rose 3.9 from 0.0 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Desoto, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #12/23
  • PHOTO Atlas Molded Products
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Atlas Molded Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Desoto EPS Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Desoto EPS Plant averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Desoto EPS Plant TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Desoto EPS Plant falls in its industry

260 Insulation and cushioning, pol establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 23 Insulation and cushioning, pol employers in Texas.

Desoto EPS Plant (20 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Desoto EPS Plant
Desoto EPS Plant (20 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Desoto EPS Plant has fewer employees than the Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene f 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
2022 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2021 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · TX · Desoto

260 Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 67 employers in Desoto, TX · 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 Atlas Molded Products 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ring Container RAPAC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Owens Corning 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EFP-Decatur, AL 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms TXP 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE CANNONADE SOD FARM 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmers Cooperative Society #1 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Slaton Coop Gin 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR 826 - EFC4 DeSoto, TX 1,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6938 473 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6938 446 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeSoto Overhaul Center 416 FTE
NAT-TCR 4314 Columbus Container 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR KMD Hospitality Corp 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Css Carolinas Medical Center 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Patton Industrial Products 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE R&G Moulding, LLC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rhodes 180 - S. Kingshighway 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE NTL, Inc. 20 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.