Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins · Alabama
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL
Sylacauga, AL · ~88 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins workplace, earning a grade D.
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL safety composite
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% 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
−3.0
2020→2024
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL injury rate improved
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL's TCR fell 3.0 from 5.1 in 2020 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=5.1 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325991 · Sylacauga, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #10/13
- PHOTO Esco Plastics Company
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Esco Plastics Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Modern Dispers
Modern Dispersions Inc
5 TCR
- Hatfield Facil
Hatfield Facility 1
5 TCR
- GEON Performan
GEON Performance Solutions
5 TCR
- This site
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL
4.9 TCR
- Esco Plastics
Esco Plastics Company
4.9 TCR
What this shows Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins BLS benchmark).
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL TCR series: 2020=5.1 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=2 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL falls in its industry
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blen establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Custom compounding (i.e., blen employers in Alabama.
Heritage Plastics, Sylacauga, AL has more employees than the Custom compounding (i.e., blending and m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325991 · AL · Sylacauga
342 Custom compounding (i.e., blending and mixing) of purchased plastics resins employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 43 employers in Sylacauga, AL · 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 | Esco Plastics Company | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Modern Dispersions Inc | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hatfield Facility 1 | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GEON Performance Solutions | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Division Complex | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Process Service Group, LLC | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Miller & Miller, Inc. | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Blake Brothers Service Corp | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nemak Alabama | 660 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Coosa Valley Medical Center | 537 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sylacauga 52 | 333 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 730 | 311 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ozark Border Electric Cooperative | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pan Pacific Swimming Pool | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Springfield Ford Inc | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2516 - Allen North | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mayoka Services, LLC | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Crana Electric Inc | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Calument Branded Products, LLC (Production Facility) | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plascore, Inc. - Machine Core | 88 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.