Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing · Indiana

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag

Name: Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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North Vernon, IN · ~260 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag: 2.8 TCR = 83% of Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag safety composite

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag: 1.4 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2023

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag's TCR rose 3.9 from 1.4 in 2021 to 5.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326111 · North Vernon, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 83% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #9/16
PHOTO CDC - Film Plant
BOOK 3y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~260 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CDC - Film Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
CDC - Film Pla

2.8
Coldkeepers W1

2.8
SC Johnson Ma

2.7
Brokerage

2.7

What this shows Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag averages 2.8 TCR (83% of the Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag TCR series: 2021=1.4 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag falls in its industry

322 Grocery bags, plastics film, s establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 16 Grocery bags, plastics film, s employers in Indiana.

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag (260 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 118 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Hilex Poly - North Vernon Bag has more employees than the Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2023	5.3	2.3	16
2022	1.6	1.0	5
2021	1.4	1.4	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326111 · IN · North Vernon

322 Grocery bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 39 employers in North Vernon, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	CDC - Film Plant	CINCINNATI, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SC Johnson Marquette Dr	BAY CITY, MI	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Coldkeepers W1	THOMASVILLE, GA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Brokerage	ORLANDO, FL	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Thompson Thrift Construction	TERRE HAUTE	260 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northwest Ordinance Distilling	NEW ALBANY	260 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LaPorte Production Facility	LAPORTE	260 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Anchor Glass Container - Lawrenceburg	LAWRENCEBURG	260 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2807-0992	North Vernon	726 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0992 LOWE S INDIANA RDC	North Vernon	606 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Martinrea Industries Inc	North Vernon	304 FTE
CITY-NEAR	NORTH VERNON INDUSTRY CORP	North Vernon	284 FTE
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #4743 Collins, NY	Collins, NY	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hilton Garden Inn Mooresville Nc	Mooresville, NC	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fm 5	Fremont, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Electrical Contractor Inc.	Covington, GA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Teamvantage Molding	Forest Lake, MN	260 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RH Peterson	City of Industry, CA	260 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bloomingdale	Bloomingdale, IL	260 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Patricio Enterprises	Stafford, VA	260 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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