Bottles, plastics, manufacturing · Missouri
Kessler Containers, Ltd
Saint Louis, MO · ~47 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kessler Containers, Ltd runs at 281% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bottles, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Kessler Containers, Ltd: 9.3 TCR = 281% of Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kessler Containers, Ltd safety composite
Kessler Containers, Ltd scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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
Kessler Containers, Ltd: 7.0 → 17.2 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 17.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2023
Kessler Containers, Ltd's TCR rose 10.2 from 7.0 in 2017 to 17.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326160 · Saint Louis, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 281% of ind
- DART 5.7 DART
- RANK #16/16
- PHOTO Parker Plastics, Inc
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Parker Plastics, Inc (0.4 TCR gap)
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Kessler Containers, Ltd in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Parker Plastic
Parker Plastics, Inc
9.7 TCR
- This site
Kessler Containers, Ltd
9.3 TCR
- Tennessee Bott
Tennessee Bottle Company, Inc.
8.8 TCR
- Midland Mfg Co
Midland Mfg Co Inc
8.7 TCR
- Drug Plastics
Drug Plastics and Glass Co., Inc. - Kittanning, PA
8.6 TCR
What this shows Kessler Containers, Ltd averages 9.3 TCR (281% of the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kessler Containers, Ltd TCR series: 2017=7 · 2020=11.6 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=17.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Kessler Containers, Ltd falls in its industry
411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturi establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.
Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 16 Bottles, plastics, manufacturi employers in Missouri.
Kessler Containers, Ltd has fewer employees than the Bottles, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17.2 | 5.7 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.6 | 3.9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326160 · MO · Saint Louis
411 Bottles, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 448 employers in Saint Louis, MO · 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 | Parker Plastics, Inc | 9.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tennessee Bottle Company, Inc. | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Midland Mfg Co Inc | 8.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Drug Plastics and Glass Co., Inc. - Kittanning, PA | 8.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | C3 Industries, Inc - Macklind | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | M & A Electric Power Cooperative | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ozark Electric Cooperative- Mount Vernon Office | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Warrensburg Service Center | 47 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MO002 | 12,691 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Barnes-Jewish Hospital | 9,005 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MERCY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS | 5,653 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Checkerboard Square | 3,464 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 5731 - DC South | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pennsauken-6981 N Park Dr | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1159 | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Poet's Walk Henderson | 9.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Fox Chase Cancer Center | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dahl-Tech, Inc. | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | H.C. Pharmacy Central, Inc | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harwick-Akron | 47 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.