Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing · Indiana

EFP Elkhart

Elkhart, IN · ~69 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

EFP Elkhart runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

EFP Elkhart: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

EFP Elkhart safety composite

EFP Elkhart scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.7

2016→2018

EFP Elkhart injury rate improved

EFP Elkhart's TCR fell 2.7 from 5.4 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Elkhart, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #14/17
  • PHOTO Cellofoam - Conyers,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cellofoam - Conyers, GA (0.1 TCR gap)

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EFP Elkhart in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows EFP Elkhart averages 3.8 TCR (115% 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 Elkhart TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where EFP Elkhart falls in its industry

260 Polystyrene foam packaging man establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 17 Polystyrene foam packaging man employers in Indiana.

EFP Elkhart (69 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 Elkhart
EFP Elkhart (69 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

EFP Elkhart has more employees than the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing median and a higher 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
2018 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2017 3.3 1.6 2 0 0
2016 5.4 5.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · IN · Elkhart

260 Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 401 employers in Elkhart, 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 Cellofoam - Conyers, GA 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foam Fabricators, Inc 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Storopack, Inc. - Downey 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Employ Source Staffing Solutions 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vectren Corporation - Vectren Technology Acceleration Center 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kennedy Tank & Manufacturing Co., Inc. Field Division 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coil Processors LLC 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry C. Smither Roofing Co., Inc. 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forest River, Inc. 12,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR THOR MOTOR COACH 2,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhart Community Schools 1,892 FTE
CITY-NEAR HRV LLC 1,692 FTE
NAT-TCR Grand Island - 90-01 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR BWE LLC, East Hartford, CT 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wright Brothers Paper Box Company, Inc 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 621 - Tulsa 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE NW Metro Regional Business Center 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hennessey Terminal 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tops #370 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE FFT 69 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: 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.