Foam polystyrene products manufacturing · Texas
Houston Foam plastics
Houston, TX · ~97 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Houston Foam plastics runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Foam polystyrene products manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Houston Foam plastics: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Foam polystyrene products manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Houston Foam plastics safety composite
Houston Foam plastics scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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 0.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% 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
−0.6
2016→2024
Houston Foam plastics injury rate improved
Houston Foam plastics's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.6 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326140 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 12% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #4/23
- PHOTO Owosso, MI - 30
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~97 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Owosso, MI - 30 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Houston Foam plastics in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Houston Foam plastics
0.4 TCR
- Owosso, MI - 3
Owosso, MI - 30
0.4 TCR
- Houston Foam P 0.3
Houston Foam Plastics 3
0.3 TCR
- Rockford Plant 0.3
Rockford Plant Foamular
0.3 TCR
- Owens Corning 0.3
Owens Corning Tallmadge Plant
0.3 TCR
What this shows Houston Foam plastics averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Foam polystyrene products manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Houston Foam plastics TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Houston Foam plastics falls in its industry
260 Foam polystyrene products manu establishmentsSafer than 97% 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 #4 safest of 23 Foam polystyrene products manu employers in Texas.
Houston Foam plastics has more employees than the Foam polystyrene products 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326140 · TX · Houston
260 Foam polystyrene products manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, 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 | Owosso, MI - 30 | 0.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Houston Foam Plastics 3 | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rockford Plant Foamular | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Owens Corning Tallmadge Plant | 0.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | US Energy Development Corporation | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ES/Well Services Division - 03 | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CenterPoint Energy - Humble | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Betenbough Business Services | 97 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH IAH | 11,560 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices | 10,239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6925-IAH | 9,442 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center | 8,873 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Admin Plaza 7 | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Double L Enterprises Inc | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Highgate Hotels - Corporate NY | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Madison, WI | 0.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Greenbrae | 97 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Soil-Tech, Inc. | 97 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Long Grove Sunset Food Mart, Inc. | 97 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | First Student | 97 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.