Elastomers, synthetic rubber, manufacturing · Ohio

Kraton Polymers

Belpre, OH · ~438 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kraton Polymers runs at 3% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Elastomers, synthetic rubber, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kraton Polymers: 0.1 TCR = 3% of Elastomers, synthetic rubber, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kraton Polymers safety composite

Kraton Polymers scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

Kraton Polymers held a steady TCR band

Kraton Polymers's TCR held near 0.2 from 0.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.2 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325212 · Belpre, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 3% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/13
  • PHOTO Kraton
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~438 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kraton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kraton Polymers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kraton Polymers averages 0.1 TCR (3% of the Elastomers, synthetic rubber, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kraton Polymers TCR series: 2016=0.2 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Kraton Polymers falls in its industry

90 Elastomers, synthetic rubber, establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 13 Elastomers, synthetic rubber, employers in Ohio.

Kraton Polymers (438 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 Kraton Polymers
Kraton Polymers (438 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Kraton Polymers has more employees than the Elastomers, synthetic rubber, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.2 0.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325212 · OH · Belpre

90 Elastomers, synthetic rubber, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 20 employers in Belpre, OH · 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 Kraton 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pontchartrain Works 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARLANXEO, Orange Site, Texas 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Denka Performance Elastomer LLC 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Luxottica Lockbourne RxO 438 FTE
STATE-SIZE 9475 438 FTE
STATE-SIZE CBC 438 FTE
STATE-SIZE K003-M002 437 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Health System Belpre Campus 402 FTE
CITY-NEAR 029-00799 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR JIS at Kraton Polymers Belpre 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAM Industrial Solutions @ Kraton 92 FTE
NAT-TCR Shire: 95 Hayden 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mansfield Sales/Admin. 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Thales Avionics Inc - Melbourne 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GAS Corporate Office 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Timber Blinds LLC 438 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lonestar-Atlanta 438 FTE
NAT-SIZE Imprivata, Inc. 438 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomson Reuters - Rochester 438 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: 2017, 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.