Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing · West Virginia

Kureha PGA LLC

Belle, WV · ~66 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kureha PGA LLC runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Kureha PGA LLC: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kureha PGA LLC safety composite

Kureha PGA LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−4.2

2016→2024

Kureha PGA LLC injury rate improved

Kureha PGA LLC's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Belle, WV AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/10
  • PHOTO Pinnacle Polymers, LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pinnacle Polymers, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kureha PGA LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kureha PGA LLC averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kureha PGA LLC TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Kureha PGA LLC falls in its industry

644 Thermoplastic resins and plast establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 10 Thermoplastic resins and plast employers in West Virginia.

Kureha PGA LLC (66 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Kureha PGA LLC
Kureha PGA LLC (66 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Kureha PGA LLC has fewer employees than the Thermoplastic resins and plastics materi median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 8.0 8.0 1 3 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · WV · Belle

644 Thermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 14 employers in Belle, WV · 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 Pinnacle Polymers, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flexan 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Pig 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR AlphPet Inc. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beckley Svc Ctr 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America : West Virginia 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Precision Pump and Valve Service, Inc. 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARH Southern WV Clinic 66 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Chemours Company FC, LLC - Belle 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Belle 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR XCA 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arclin Amines 60 FTE
NAT-TCR Vollers Excavating and Construction, Inc 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Chosen Wood Window Maintenance 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR E D Etnyre & Co 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Spectrum Metal Recycling 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE AeroCision 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Custom Distribution Kansas City 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legacy Express, LLC 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Agricultural Land Services, Inc. 66 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.