Polyethylene resins manufacturing · Iowa

Equistar,LP

Clinton, IA · ~335 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Equistar,LP runs at 3% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Polyethylene resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Equistar,LP: 0.1 TCR = 3% of Polyethylene resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Equistar,LP safety composite

Equistar,LP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

Equistar,LP held a steady TCR band

Equistar,LP's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.3 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 2.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Clinton, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 3% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #1/10
  • PHOTO Braskem Pittsburgh I…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~335 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Braskem Pittsburgh I&T Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Equistar,LP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Equistar,LP averages 0.1 TCR (3% of the Polyethylene resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Equistar,LP TCR series: 2016=0.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Equistar,LP falls in its industry

644 Polyethylene resins manufactur establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 10 Polyethylene resins manufactur employers in Iowa.

Equistar,LP (335 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Equistar,LP
Equistar,LP (335 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Equistar,LP has more employees than the Polyethylene resins manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2022 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · IA · Clinton

644 Polyethylene resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 78 employers in Clinton, IA · 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 Braskem Pittsburgh I&T Facility 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westlake Longview Corporation 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bayport Polymers LLC dba Baystar 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baton Rouge Polyolefins 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 8010516 P and G Iowa City 335 FTE
STATE-SIZE Weitz Industrial Services, LLC 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0270 - Doors-Grinnell 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1361 334 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clinton Corn Plant 641 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center North Campus 592 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center-North Campus-MHS-IA/NE 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nestle Purina Clinton IA 496 FTE
NAT-TCR Western Region Operations Complex (Asheville) 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cypress Creek Renewables 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Resthaven Nursing Home 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR OIS-Port Arthur 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4223-M9500 335 FTE
NAT-SIZE McLeod Health Cheraw 335 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8807827-Spoke Custom Products 335 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ingomar Packing Company 335 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.