Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing · Indiana

Exo-s Howe

Howe, IN · ~205 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Exo-s Howe runs at 356% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Exo-s Howe: 11.8 TCR = 356% of Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Exo-s Howe safety composite

Exo-s Howe scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−19.8

2016→2024

Exo-s Howe injury rate improved

Exo-s Howe's TCR fell 19.8 from 24.9 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 24.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=24.9 · 2017=18.1 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=8.9 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333249 · Howe, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 356% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #14/14
  • PHOTO GRIPOS, INC.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 129 inj
  • SIZE ~205 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GRIPOS, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Exo-s Howe in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Exo-s Howe averages 11.8 TCR (356% of the Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Exo-s Howe TCR series: 2016=24.9 · 2017=18.1 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=8.9 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Exo-s Howe falls in its industry

448 Blow molding machinery for pla establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

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 14 Blow molding machinery for pla employers in Indiana.

Exo-s Howe (205 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Exo-s Howe
Exo-s Howe (205 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Exo-s Howe has more employees than the Blow molding machinery for plastics manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2024 5.2 3.9 8 0 0
2022 8.9 5.8 13 4 0
2021 1.6 1.1 7 0 0
2017 18.1 17.7 40 0 0
2016 24.9 5.7 61 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333249 · IN · Howe

448 Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 14 employers in Howe, 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 GRIPOS, INC. 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Witte Co., Inc. 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIC Lazaro US, Inc 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dubois 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GPC II - Washington 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Universal Forest Products 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keystone RV Plant 31 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kitchen Kompact, Inc. 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRUISER 490 FTE
CITY-NEAR Therma Tru Howe 187 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cruiser RV Plant 208 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR DRV LLC 114 FTE
NAT-TCR PAM Specialty Hospital of Tulsa 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Baldwin Development LLC dba Baldwin Demolition 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR EGUSD Transportation Department 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Royal Oaks 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0565 Long Island City 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ware Presbyterian Village 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercy Defiance Hospital 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berd Electric LLC 205 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, 2022, 2021, 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.