PVC pipe manufacturing · Idaho

Ipex USA LLC

Preston, ID · ~76 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ipex USA LLC runs at 245% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical PVC pipe manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ipex USA LLC: 8.1 TCR = 245% of PVC pipe manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ipex USA LLC safety composite

Ipex USA LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−5.0

2016→2024

Ipex USA LLC injury rate improved

Ipex USA LLC's TCR fell 5.0 from 8.8 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.8 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=17.3 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326122 · Preston, ID ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 245% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Stevensville, MT
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stevensville, MT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ipex USA LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Ipex USA LLC averages 8.1 TCR (245% of the PVC pipe manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Ipex USA LLC TCR series: 2016=8.8 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=17.3 · 2020=7 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=2.5 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ipex USA LLC falls in its industry

332 PVC pipe manufacturing establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Idaho alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 PVC pipe manufacturing employers in Idaho.

Ipex USA LLC (76 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ipex USA LLC
Ipex USA LLC (76 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Ipex USA LLC has more employees than the PVC pipe manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 3.8 3.8 4 0 0
2022 2.5 1.3 2 0 0
2021 8.4 1.4 6 0 0
2020 7.0 2.8 5 0 0
2019 17.3 14.4 12 0 0
2018 8.7 7.2 6 0 0
2016 8.8 8.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326122 · ID · Preston

332 PVC pipe manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,774 rated employers in Idaho with headcount on file · 7 employers in Preston, ID · 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 Stevensville, MT 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CANTEX INC. Aurora 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teel Plastics 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brazil 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nelson Electric LLC 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeBest Plumbing, Inc. 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Empire Lumber Co - Weippe Operations 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ventra 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin County Medical Center 325 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stokes Market & True Value Hardware 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR 00216 PRESTON OFFICE 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preston 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Jans Corporation 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Juneau Alaska CS 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sheldon North 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fisher Auto Parts - FAPW 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE COH Bldg Maint/Streets/City Shop/Flood Control 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Camelot Leisure Living 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Grand Rapids 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE VT Industries Inc.- VT Architectural Products 76 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: 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.