Polyethylene resins manufacturing · Arkansas

Hendren Plastics, Inc.

Gravette, AR · ~80 workers · 6 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

Hendren Plastics, Inc. runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Polyethylene resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Hendren Plastics, Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 142% of Polyethylene resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hendren Plastics, Inc. safety composite

Hendren Plastics, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−4.4

2017→2024

Hendren Plastics, Inc. injury rate improved

Hendren Plastics, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.4 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Gravette, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Dymax Oligomers & Co…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dymax Oligomers & Coatings LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hendren Plastics, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hendren Plastics, Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (142% of the Polyethylene resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hendren Plastics, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.4 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Hendren Plastics, Inc. falls in its industry

644 Polyethylene resins manufactur establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Polyethylene resins manufactur employers in Arkansas.

Hendren Plastics, Inc. (80 employees, TCR 4.7) 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 Hendren Plastics, Inc.
Hendren Plastics, Inc. (80 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Hendren Plastics, Inc. has more employees than the Polyethylene resins manufacturing median and a higher 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 10.3 5.7 9 0 0
2022 4.5 2.7 5 0 0
2021 5.1 3.9 4 0 0
2020 3.8 2.6 3 0 0
2017 4.4 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · AR · Gravette

644 Polyethylene resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Gravette, AR · 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 Dymax Oligomers & Coatings LLC 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mexichem Chloro-Vinyl, Avon Lake, Ohio 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Esstech, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Region : Alexandria 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Benton County Foods LLC 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Arkansas Electric Cooperative - Salem 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valley View Agri 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silgan Plastic Food Containers 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ozarks Community Hospital - Gravette 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR R&R Packaging Inc 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR Insul-Bead Corporation 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Graco Corporation 20 FTE
NAT-TCR Corrugated Concepts & Packaging Inc 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Continental Mills Kent 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR First Student Hudson 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rooks County Health Center 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ziegler Industries 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3391 - Costa Mesa 17th St 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3235 - Closter NJ 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zaza Logistics 80 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.