Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing · Alabama

EFP-Decatur, AL

Decatur, AL · ~125 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EFP-Decatur, AL runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

EFP-Decatur, AL: 2.2 TCR = 66% of Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EFP-Decatur, AL safety composite

EFP-Decatur, AL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

EFP-Decatur, AL: 1.7 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024

EFP-Decatur, AL's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.7 in 2021 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Decatur, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 66% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK P68
  • PHOTO Insulfoam - Aurora
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Insulfoam - Aurora (0.0 TCR gap)

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EFP-Decatur, AL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EFP-Decatur, AL averages 2.2 TCR (66% of the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

EFP-Decatur, AL TCR series: 2021=1.7 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where EFP-Decatur, AL falls in its industry

260 Polystyrene foam packaging man establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
EFP-Decatur, AL (125 employees, TCR 2.2) 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 EFP-Decatur, AL
EFP-Decatur, AL (125 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

EFP-Decatur, AL has more employees than the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing 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
2024 3.6 0.9 4 0 0
2023 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.5 0.8 3 0 0
2021 1.7 0.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · AL · Decatur

260 Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 239 employers in Decatur, AL · 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 Insulfoam - Aurora 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Novipax LLC - Reading Plant 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlas molded products, a division of atlas roofing corporation 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Triad EPS Plant 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michigan Avenue Complex 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Global Fire Sprinklers, LLC 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stock Yards / Birmingham 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Food Ingredients Technology Company, L.L.C. 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain - Decatur 1,450 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur processing plant 885 FTE
CITY-NEAR ULA-Decatur 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Fresh Plant 671 FTE
NAT-TCR San Jac Marine, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hamburg #17 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Avon Senior Living, LLC dba Rose Senior Living Avon 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Taiho Manufacturing of Tennessee, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE McCraith Beverages 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Community College - EDUC 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunrise Southwest LLC 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ottawa County Road Commission 125 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.