Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing · Kentucky

Foam Design, Inc.

Lexington, KY · ~103 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Foam Design, Inc. runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Foam Design, Inc.: 7.4 TCR = 224% of Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Foam Design, Inc. safety composite

Foam Design, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−1.2

2016→2024

Foam Design, Inc. injury rate improved

Foam Design, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.2 from 7.2 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=9.3 · 2024=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 224% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #10/10
  • PHOTO Woodbridge Corporati…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Woodbridge Corporation Atlanta (0.0 TCR gap)

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Foam Design, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Foam Design, Inc. averages 7.4 TCR (224% of the Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Foam Design, Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=7.1 · 2018=9.3 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Foam Design, Inc. falls in its industry

474 Packaging, foam plastics (exce establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Packaging, foam plastics (exce employers in Kentucky.

Foam Design, Inc. (103 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Foam Design, Inc.
Foam Design, Inc. (103 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Foam Design, Inc. has more employees than the Packaging, foam plastics (except polysty 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
2024 6.0 1.2 5 0 0
2018 9.3 8.2 8 0 0
2017 7.1 0.0 7 0 0
2016 7.2 0.0 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · KY · Lexington

474 Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, 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 Woodbridge Corporation Atlanta 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Excelsior Company Norwalk 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carcoustics USA South Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BLACHFORD INC. 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wilson Station 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pikeville Service Center 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Building Crafts 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEKRI - Corbin Bypass 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont 3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central Ky - High Street 3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR Roth Pump 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bradley Lifting Corp 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR D&A Glass 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Commons 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Washington Dulles Airport Marriott 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE IMPACT Community Action 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huntsville Sheet Plant, Al 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nordic Products INC 103 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, 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.