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

Foam Distributors Inc

Hayward, CA · ~62 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Foam Distributors Inc runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Foam Distributors Inc: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Foam Distributors Inc safety composite

Foam Distributors Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−0.6

2017→2024

Foam Distributors Inc injury rate improved

Foam Distributors Inc's TCR fell 0.6 from 4.3 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.3 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Hayward, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #16/26
  • PHOTO American Excelsior C…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Excelsior Company Sheboygan (0.0 TCR gap)

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Foam Distributors Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Foam Distributors Inc averages 4.4 TCR (133% 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 Distributors Inc TCR series: 2017=4.3 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=6.7 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Foam Distributors Inc falls in its industry

474 Packaging, foam plastics (exce establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 26 Packaging, foam plastics (exce employers in California.

Foam Distributors Inc (62 employees, TCR 4.4) 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 Distributors Inc
Foam Distributors Inc (62 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Foam Distributors Inc has fewer 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 3.7 1.8 2 0 0
2023 6.7 0.0 4 0 0
2022 3.3 1.7 2 0 0
2021 5.8 1.4 4 0 0
2020 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2017 4.3 1.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · CA · Hayward

474 Packaging, foam plastics (except polystyrene), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 336 employers in Hayward, CA · 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 American Excelsior Company Sheboygan 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Future Foam High Point 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aeroflex Manufacturing Facility 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miami Site 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zipper Farms, Inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crain Marketing, Inc. 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maricopa Orchards, LLC 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE WESTLAND ORCHIDS 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 518 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 100 2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 117 2,817 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Rose Hospital 929 FTE
NAT-TCR Modineer Plant 6 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jack in the Box #7217 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Huron Energy, LLC 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lanzo Construction Co., FL 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nevada 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenville - New Bern 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hacienda del Mar Resort 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Fabrication,Inc. 62 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.