Vinyl resins manufacturing · Nebraska

Nebraska Plastics Inc

Cozad, NE · ~126 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nebraska Plastics Inc runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vinyl resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Nebraska Plastics Inc: 7.3 TCR = 220% of Vinyl resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nebraska Plastics Inc safety composite

Nebraska Plastics Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−6.4

2018→2024

Nebraska Plastics Inc injury rate improved

Nebraska Plastics Inc's TCR fell 6.4 from 13.6 in 2018 to 7.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=13.6 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=5.2 · 2024=7.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Cozad, NE ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 220% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK P10
  • PHOTO M&Q Packaging, LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~126 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M&Q Packaging, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nebraska Plastics Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nebraska Plastics Inc averages 7.3 TCR (220% of the Vinyl resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nebraska Plastics Inc TCR series: 2018=13.6 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=5.2 · 2024=7.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Nebraska Plastics Inc falls in its industry

644 Vinyl resins manufacturing establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Nebraska Plastics Inc (126 employees, TCR 7.3) 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 Nebraska Plastics Inc
Nebraska Plastics Inc (126 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Nebraska Plastics Inc has more employees than the Vinyl resins 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
2024 7.2 4.1 5 2 0
2021 5.2 2.1 5 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2018 13.6 3.9 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · NE · Cozad

644 Vinyl resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 5 employers in Cozad, NE · 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 M&Q Packaging, LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rotuba Costum Compounds 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lomont Molding LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR APM Jacksonville 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE NA Timmerman, Inc 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva York 1 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2010 - Omaha North 126 FTE
STATE-SIZE Omaha Terminal - Hunt Transportation - DOT 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paulsen Incorporated 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hunt Cleaners 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR H&H Auto Parts 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hunt Cleaners Iowa 20 FTE
NAT-TCR Cherry Ridge Skilled Nursing Facility 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Lawrenceville 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Jefferson Southern Corp. 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Knightvest Management 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Millipore Sigma 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkay Interior Systems 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bristol Farms - 007 - BF Newport Beach 126 FTE
NAT-SIZE AssetWatch, Inc 126 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, 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.