Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Kentucky

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc.

Owensboro, KY · ~81 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 142% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. safety composite

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.1

2016→2017

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. injury rate improved

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 5.2 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2017=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Owensboro, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #46/59
  • PHOTO NNBC - Maugus Manufa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NNBC - Maugus Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (142% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 59 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Kentucky.

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. (81 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Engineered Plastic Components, Inc.
Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. (81 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2016 5.2 3.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · KY · Owensboro

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, KY · 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 NNBC - Maugus Manufacturing 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plastic Products Co., Inc. - Seneca, SC 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BCI 2 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR HQC Inc. ACP Properties LLC 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE FPB -Service Center 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Xpert Design & Construction 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.W. Wilburn, Inc. 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE EXCEL Maintenance @ Westlake, Calvert City KY 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Health Regional Hospital 2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Public Schools 969 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Independent 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish Match 816 FTE
NAT-TCR N and R of Joplin LLC 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Parsippany (Njpar) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand Rapids Hub (Migrn) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dalton (Gadal) 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE N and R of Wellsville LLC 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cuba Manor Inc 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverbend Assisted Living Community 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flint St. Plant 81 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.