Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing · Texas
Houston Foam Plastics ELP
El Paso, TX · ~99 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Houston Foam Plastics ELP runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Houston Foam Plastics ELP: 0.5 TCR = 15% of Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Houston Foam Plastics ELP safety composite
Houston Foam Plastics ELP scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
80/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 96% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% 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
−1.1
2016→2020
Houston Foam Plastics ELP injury rate improved
Houston Foam Plastics ELP's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326140 · El Paso, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 15% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #5/23
- PHOTO Owens Corning Foam -…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~99 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Owens Corning Foam - Rockford (0.0 TCR gap)
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Houston Foam Plastics ELP in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Food Packaging
Food Packaging : GREENSBORO
0.6 TCR
- This site
Houston Foam Plastics ELP
0.5 TCR
- Owens Corning
Owens Corning Foam - Rockford
0.5 TCR
- Owosso, MI - 3
Owosso, MI - 30
0.4 TCR
- Houston Foam p
Houston Foam plastics
0.4 TCR
What this shows Houston Foam Plastics ELP averages 0.5 TCR (15% of the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Houston Foam Plastics ELP TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Houston Foam Plastics ELP falls in its industry
260 Polystyrene foam packaging man establishmentsSafer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 23 Polystyrene foam packaging man employers in Texas.
Houston Foam Plastics ELP has more employees than the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326140 · TX · El Paso
260 Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 974 employers in El Paso, TX · 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 | Owens Corning Foam - Rockford | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Owosso, MI - 30 | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Houston Foam plastics | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Food Packaging : GREENSBORO | 0.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | TXMCF | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Andrews Brigade Energy Services | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Enphase Energy Austin TX | 99 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JLB Partners, LP | 99 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | U.S. Border Patrol Sector - El Paso | 2,330 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Alegre Home Health Care, LLC EL PASO | 1,942 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Office of Field Operations - El Paso | 1,847 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MVT Services, LLC | 1,798 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | River Parish Maintenance, Inc. Corporate | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HydroChem LLC-TOK | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Topp's Mechanical Inc. | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Veterans Affairs | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Global Specialty Fulfillment : UCA9 | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carlile Transportation Systems, LLC - Tacoma Terminal | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hillside Center DE | 99 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Homewood Center | 99 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.