Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing · Texas

Lifoam Waxahachie

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Waxahachie, TX · ~114 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lifoam Waxahachie runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Lifoam Waxahachie: 1.5 TCR = 44% of Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lifoam Waxahachie safety composite

Lifoam Waxahachie scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Lifoam Waxahachie held a steady TCR band

Lifoam Waxahachie's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.8 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.8 · 2017=3.3 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Waxahachie, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 44% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #9/23
PHOTO Food Packaging : BEE…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Food Packaging : BEECH ISLAND (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.5
Food Packaging

1.5
Conyers, GA -

1.5
Food Merchandi

1.4
Foodservice :

1.4

What this shows Lifoam Waxahachie averages 1.5 TCR (44% of the Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Lifoam Waxahachie TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=3.3 · 2021=0.9 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Lifoam Waxahachie falls in its industry

260 Coolers or ice chests, polysty establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 23 Coolers or ice chests, polysty employers in Texas.

Lifoam Waxahachie (114 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Lifoam Waxahachie has more employees than the Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, 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	Illnesses
2023	1.1	0.0	1	0
2022	1.1	0.0	0	1
2021	0.9	0.9	1	0
2017	3.3	2.5	4	0
2016	0.8	0.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · TX · Waxahachie

260 Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 108 employers in Waxahachie, TX · 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	Food Packaging : BEECH ISLAND	BEECH ISLAND, SC	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Food Merchandising : MALVERN	MALVERN, AR	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Conyers, GA - 25	CONYERS, GA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Foodservice : COVINGTON	COVINGTON, GA	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lewis Resource Management - SA	SAN ANTONIO	114 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dallas Transmission	IRVING	114 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sitterle Homes Ltd	SAN ANTONIO	114 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Texas Instruments SFAB1 Base Building #2128	SHERMAN	114 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dart Container Waxahachie	Waxahachie	876 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2045-00010W	Waxahachie	868 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Waxahachie	Waxahachie	862 FTE
CITY-NEAR	00010W WAXAHACHIE	Waxahachie	792 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sodexo at National Resource Bench	Gaithersburg, MD	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Pacific Northwest Rocky Mountain : SVC-Denver CO-USA	Denver, CO	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Commercial HVAC Americas : MFG-La Crosse, WI-USA	La Crosse, WI	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Crs Tco	Chicago, IL	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ferco Tech LLC	Franklin, OH	114 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Romeoville, IL (Samsung) 150	Romeoville, IL	114 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vrhes-Carnie	Voorhees, NJ	114 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Paterson Wa (Watts Farming)	Paterson, WA	114 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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