Polypropylene filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of puchased yarn · Virginia

Drake Extusion

Name: Drake Extusion Workplace Safety Data
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Ridgeway, VA · ~163 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Drake Extusion runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Polypropylene filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of puchased yarn workplace, earning a grade B.

Drake Extusion: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Polypropylene filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of puchased yarn BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Drake Extusion safety composite

Drake Extusion scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Drake Extusion: 2.3 → 4375.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4375.0 TCR · DART/TCR 811.69× in 2023

Drake Extusion's TCR rose 4372.7 from 2.3 in 2022 to 4375.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 811.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 313110 · Ridgeway, VA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

DART 1875.0 DART
RANK #4/6
PHOTO Plant WQ
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~163 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plant WQ (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Plant WQ

2.3
Quantum Materi

2.3
Plant 36-37

2.3
CM Flooring

2.3

What this shows Drake Extusion averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Polypropylene filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of puchased yarn BLS benchmark).

Drake Extusion TCR series: 2022=2.3 · 2023=4375 · BLS 3.3

Where Drake Extusion falls in its industry

195 Polypropylene filament yarn th establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Polypropylene filament yarn th employers in Virginia.

Drake Extusion (163 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Drake Extusion has more employees than the Polypropylene filament yarn throwing, tw median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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	4375.0	1875.0	7	0	0
2022	2.3	1.9	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

313110 · VA · Ridgeway

195 Polypropylene filament yarn throwing, twisting, texturizing, or winding of puchased yarn employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 20 employers in Ridgeway, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Plant WQ	YUMA, AZ	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Quantum Materials, LLC.	COLFAX, NC	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plant 36-37	SPARTA, NC	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CM Flooring	DALTON, GA	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Via Satellite Inc	FRONT ROYAL	163 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TECHLAB INC	BLACKSBURG	163 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Reinforced Earth US Corporate Office	ASHBURN	163 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mid-Atlantic Coatings, Inc	CHESAPEAKE	163 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5166 Martinsville Assembly	Ridgeway	266 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Drake Extrusion	Ridgeway	214 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nilit America, Inc.	Ridgeway	151 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VA038 Martinsville Container	Ridgeway	117 FTE
NAT-TCR	Borealis Compounds Inc.	Taylorsville, NC	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	J&R Machine, Inc	Shawano, WI	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tarco Roofing Materials	Greencastle, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Allegheny Bradford Corporation - SA	Lewis Run, PA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	STA - Paterson/Fairlawn	Fairlawn, NJ	163 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ventra Grand Rapids 29 LLC	Grand Rapids, MI	163 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Gorman Group LLC	Albany, NY	163 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JTM Construction	Seattle, WA	163 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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