Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing · Indiana

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics

Middlebury, IN · ~148 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics safety composite

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.7

2023→2024

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics injury rate improved

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics's TCR fell 0.7 from 4.4 in 2023 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.4 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Middlebury, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #79/143
  • PHOTO Precision Plastics o…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~148 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Plastics of Indiana, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics TCR series: 2023=4.4 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics falls in its industry

2,838 Coolers or ice chests, plastic establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #79 safest of 143 Coolers or ice chests, plastic employers in Indiana.

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics (148 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics
Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics (148 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Myers Industries/Elkhart Plastics has more employees than the Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 4.4 3.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IN · Middlebury

2,838 Coolers or ice chests, plastics (except foam), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 47 employers in Middlebury, IN · 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 Precision Plastics of Indiana, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maxi-Lift 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 52nd Mold 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Division 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ice Cream Specialties 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE Refresco North America 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE GDC 2 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jayco Inc 2,751 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grand Design Rv 2,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR LCI - 028 449 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lozier Corporation - Middlebury 401 FTE
NAT-TCR Bedford Care Center of Petal 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Henning Construction, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR June Tailor Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PJS of San Antonio 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 060 Bakery Plant 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE Laale - Alexandria 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tnmor - Morristown 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wishe - Sheboygan 148 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.