Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing · Nebraska

Insulfoam - Mead

Name: Insulfoam - Mead Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mead, NE · ~63 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Insulfoam - Mead runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Insulfoam - Mead: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Insulfoam - Mead safety composite

Insulfoam - Mead scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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): C 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Insulfoam - Mead: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2020

Insulfoam - Mead's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Mead, NE AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

DART 3.3 DART
RANK P65
PHOTO 3A Composites USA, I…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3A Composites USA, Inc. Glasgow (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
3A Composites

2.4
Colorado Sprin

2.4
Fogelsville EP

2.4
Styrotech, Inc

2.4

What this shows Insulfoam - Mead averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Insulfoam - Mead TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Insulfoam - Mead falls in its industry

260 Insulation and cushioning, pol establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Insulfoam - Mead (63 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Insulfoam - Mead has fewer employees than the Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene f 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
2020	3.3	3.3	2
2019	3.3	0.0	2
2018	2.9	2.9	2
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · NE · Mead

260 Insulation and cushioning, polystyrene foam plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 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	3A Composites USA, Inc. Glasgow	GLASGOW, KY	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Colorado Springs,CO - 68	COLO. SPRINGS, CO	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fogelsville EPS Plant	FOGELSVILLE, PA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Styrotech, Inc.	BROOKLYN PARK, MN	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Dow AgroSciences/Mycogen Seeds	YORK	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sampson Construction - Papillion, NE	PAPILLION	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Vision Mechanical LLC	LINCOLN	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Albion Plant	ALBION	63 FTE
NAT-TCR	Gurwin HomeCare Agency	Farmingdale, NY	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	CA.TUSTI.5 - Ricoh Usa, Inc.	Tustin, CA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Coilplus, Inc. Pennsylvania Division	Philadelphia, PA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Canon	Lockbourne, OH	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	UNIT971	Lansing, MI	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Deltech Corporation Baton Rouge Louisiana	Baton Rouge, LA	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Warehouse	Laurel, DE	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amgen (Woburn/Biovex)	Woburn, MA	63 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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